G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
HR 3271
HR 3271 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Hydra 129 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,940 K, and it shines at 4.58× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 129 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 70110 · HIP 40858
5,940 K
temperature
6.18
apparent magnitude
4.58× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F9V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
129 years
at light speed from Earth
1.03×
as hot as the Sun
4.58×
the Sun's light output
3.20
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.