G-type star · yellow, like our Sun
HD 67542
HD 67542 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Cancer 1,418 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,269 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 425× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,418 years ago.
Also catalogued as HIP 39958
5,269 K
temperature
6.47
apparent magnitude
425× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G0II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,418 years
at light speed from Earth
0.91×
as hot as the Sun
425×
the Sun's light output
-1.72
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.