F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 3028

HR 3028 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Lynx 96.6 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,407 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 2.96× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 97 years ago.

96.6 lybrightness mag 6.03F6V

Also catalogued as HD 63332 · HIP 38325

6,407 K

temperature

6.03

apparent magnitude

2.96× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F6V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

97 years

at light speed from Earth

1.11×

as hot as the Sun

2.96×

the Sun's light output

3.67

absolute magnitude

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HR 3028F-type

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Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.