F-type star · yellow-white star
HR 1606
HR 1606 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Mensa 106 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,295 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 2.82× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 106 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 31975 · HIP 22717
6,295 K
temperature
6.28
apparent magnitude
2.82× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F8V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
106 years
at light speed from Earth
1.09×
as hot as the Sun
2.82×
the Sun's light output
3.72
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.