G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

HR 2785

HR 2785 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Canis Major. Its surface is about 5,921 K, and it shines at 32,809,529× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars.

brightness mag 6.06F2Ia

Also catalogued as HD 57118 · HIP 35442

5,921 K

temperature

6.06

apparent magnitude

32,809,529× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F2Ia

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

1.03×

as hot as the Sun

32,809,529×

the Sun's light output

-13.94

absolute magnitude

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HR 2785G-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

Bright stars in Canis Major

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BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.1To 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.