G-type star · yellow, like our Sun
HR 2354
HR 2354 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Pictor 104 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,742 K, and it shines at 2.31× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 104 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 45701 · HIP 30480
5,742 K
temperature
6.45
apparent magnitude
2.31× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G3III/IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
104 years
at light speed from Earth
0.99×
as hot as the Sun
2.31×
the Sun's light output
3.94
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.