F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 2962

HR 2962 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Gemini 195 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,533 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 11.85× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 195 years ago.

195 lybrightness mag 6.05F7V

Also catalogued as HD 61859 · HIP 37580

6,533 K

temperature

6.05

apparent magnitude

11.85× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F7V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

195 years

at light speed from Earth

1.13×

as hot as the Sun

11.85×

the Sun's light output

2.17

absolute magnitude

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HR 2962F-type

Sky regionGeminithis direction

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Bright stars in Gemini

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Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Gemini

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.