G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 2468

HR 2468 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Pictor 69.5 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,875 K, and it shines at 1.37× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 69 years ago.

69.5 lybrightness mag 6.15G1/G2V

Also catalogued as HD 48189 · HIP 31711 · Gliese GJ 3400A

5,875 K

temperature

6.15

apparent magnitude

1.37× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G1/G2V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

69 years

at light speed from Earth

1.02×

as hot as the Sun

1.37×

the Sun's light output

4.51

absolute magnitude

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HR 2468G-type

Sky regionPictorthis direction

Nearest stars

Bright stars in Pictor

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BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pictor

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.