G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 1294

HR 1294 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Reticulum 77.1 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,830 K, and it shines at 1.38× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 77 years ago.

77.1 lybrightness mag 6.37G3V

Also catalogued as HD 26491 · HIP 19233 · Gliese Gl 162.1

5,830 K

temperature

6.37

apparent magnitude

1.38× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G3V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

77 years

at light speed from Earth

1.01×

as hot as the Sun

1.38×

the Sun's light output

4.50

absolute magnitude

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HR 1294G-type

Sky regionReticulumthis direction

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Bright stars in Reticulum

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BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Reticulum

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.