G-type star · yellow, like our Sun
HD 47579
HD 47579 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Canis Major 764 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,728 K, and it shines at 122× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 764 years ago.
Also catalogued as HIP 31736
5,728 K
temperature
6.48
apparent magnitude
122× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A2V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
764 years
at light speed from Earth
0.99×
as hot as the Sun
122×
the Sun's light output
-0.37
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.