G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
HR 3119
HR 3119 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Lynx 342 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,782 K, and it shines at 24.55× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 342 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 65626 · HIP 39348
5,782 K
temperature
6.48
apparent magnitude
24.55× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F8V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
342 years
at light speed from Earth
1.00×
as hot as the Sun
24.55×
the Sun's light output
1.38
absolute magnitude
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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.