G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 3397

HR 3397 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Pyxis 219 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,430 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 10.76× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 219 years ago.

219 lybrightness mag 6.41G5V

Also catalogued as HD 72954 · HIP 42075

5,430 K
temperature
6.41
apparent magnitude
10.76× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
219 years
at light speed from Earth
0.94×
as hot as the Sun
10.76×
the Sun's light output
2.27
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pyxis

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.