F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 2353

HR 2353 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Columba 164 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,912 K, about 1.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 5.66× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 164 years ago.

164 lybrightness mag 6.48F3V

Also catalogued as HD 45680 · HIP 30706

6,912 K

temperature

6.48

apparent magnitude

5.66× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F3V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

164 years

at light speed from Earth

1.20×

as hot as the Sun

5.66×

the Sun's light output

2.97

absolute magnitude

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HR 2353F-type

Sky regionColumbathis direction

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Bright stars in Columba

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Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Columba

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.