G-type star · yellow, like our Sun
HD 29260
HD 29260 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Taurus 1,359 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,251 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 383× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,359 years ago.
Also catalogued as HIP 21517
5,251 K
temperature
6.49
apparent magnitude
383× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F5Ib
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,359 years
at light speed from Earth
0.91×
as hot as the Sun
383×
the Sun's light output
-1.61
absolute magnitude
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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.