G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

HR 3368

HR 3368 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Carina 631 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,284 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 93.15× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 631 years ago.

631 lybrightness mag 6.36G0V

Also catalogued as HD 72322 · HIP 41653

5,284 K
temperature
6.36
apparent magnitude
93.15× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G0V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
631 years
at light speed from Earth
0.92×
as hot as the Sun
93.15×
the Sun's light output
-0.07
absolute magnitude
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HR 3368G-type
Sky regionCarinathis direction
StarHR 349840 ly
StarHR 316152 ly
StarAvior54 ly
StarMiaplacidusstar
StarAspidiskestar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Carina
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Carina

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.