F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 2776

HR 2776 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Lynx 116 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,205 K, about 1.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 5.55× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.7 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 116 years ago.

116 lybrightness mag 5.74A7s

Also catalogued as HD 56963 · HIP 35643

7,205 K
temperature
5.74
apparent magnitude
5.55× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A7s
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
116 years
at light speed from Earth
1.25×
as hot as the Sun
5.55×
the Sun's light output
2.99
absolute magnitude
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HR 2776F-type
Sky regionLynxthis direction
StarHR 302827 ly
Star30 Lyn31 ly
StarNervia33 ly
StarAlpha Lynstar
Star38 Lynstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Lynx
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Lynx

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.