G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

HR 3251

HR 3251 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Puppis 319 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,351 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 27.11× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 319 years ago.

319 lybrightness mag 6.22G6:III+...

Also catalogued as HD 69445 · HIP 40476

5,351 K

temperature

6.22

apparent magnitude

27.11× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G6:III+...

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

319 years

at light speed from Earth

0.93×

as hot as the Sun

27.11×

the Sun's light output

1.27

absolute magnitude

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HR 3251G-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

Bright stars in Puppis

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BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Puppis

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.