F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 1912

HR 1912 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Pictor 182 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,170 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 7.31× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 182 years ago.

182 lybrightness mag 6.42F8V

Also catalogued as HD 37226 · HIP 26079

6,170 K

temperature

6.42

apparent magnitude

7.31× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F8V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

182 years

at light speed from Earth

1.07×

as hot as the Sun

7.31×

the Sun's light output

2.69

absolute magnitude

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HR 1912F-type

Sky regionPictorthis direction

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Bright stars in Pictor

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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pictor

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.