G-type star · yellow, like our Sun
HR 23
HR 23 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Phoenix 419 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,475 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 42.54× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 419 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 469 · HIP 730
5,475 K
temperature
6.32
apparent magnitude
42.54× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G4IV...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
419 years
at light speed from Earth
0.95×
as hot as the Sun
42.54×
the Sun's light output
0.78
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.