G-type star · yellow, like our Sun
HR 3150
HR 3150 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Monoceros 374 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,909 K, and it shines at 33.42× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 374 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 66242 · HIP 39326
5,909 K
temperature
6.34
apparent magnitude
33.42× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
374 years
at light speed from Earth
1.02×
as hot as the Sun
33.42×
the Sun's light output
1.04
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.