G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
HD 3074
HD 3074 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Sculptor 108 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,902 K, and it shines at 2.61× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 108 years ago.
Also catalogued as HIP 2663
5,902 K
temperature
6.41
apparent magnitude
2.61× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F8/G0V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
108 years
at light speed from Earth
1.02×
as hot as the Sun
2.61×
the Sun's light output
3.81
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.