G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 2576

HR 2576 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Canis Major 84.5 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,574 K, and it shines at 2.22× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 84 years ago.

84.5 lybrightness mag 6.05G3/G5V

Also catalogued as HD 50806 · HIP 33094 · Gliese GJ 9219

5,574 K
temperature
6.05
apparent magnitude
2.22× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G3/G5V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
84 years
at light speed from Earth
0.97×
as hot as the Sun
2.22×
the Sun's light output
3.98
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Canis Major

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.