F-type star · yellow-white star

HD 46136

HD 46136 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Gemini 262 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,209 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 17.57× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 262 years ago.

262 lybrightness mag 6.26F6V...

Also catalogued as HIP 31158

6,209 K
temperature
6.26
apparent magnitude
17.57× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F6V...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
262 years
at light speed from Earth
1.08×
as hot as the Sun
17.57×
the Sun's light output
1.74
absolute magnitude
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HD 46136F-type
Sky regionGeminithis direction
StarHR 239119 ly
StarHR 244924 ly
StarHR 234235 ly
StarPolluxstar
StarAlhenastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Gemini
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Gemini

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.