G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 2225

HR 2225 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Canis Major 54.5 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,558 K, and it shines at 0.69× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 55 years ago.

54.5 lybrightness mag 6.37G5V

Also catalogued as HD 43162 · HIP 29568 · Gliese GJ 3389

5,558 K

temperature

6.37

apparent magnitude

0.69× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G5V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

55 years

at light speed from Earth

0.96×

as hot as the Sun

0.69×

the Sun's light output

5.25

absolute magnitude

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HR 2225G-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

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Bright stars in Canis Major

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BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Canis Major

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.