G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

HD 75098

HD 75098 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Hydra 617 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,674 K, and it shines at 79.65× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 617 years ago.

617 lybrightness mag 6.48A2V

Also catalogued as HIP 43152

5,674 K
temperature
6.48
apparent magnitude
79.65× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A2V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
617 years
at light speed from Earth
0.98×
as hot as the Sun
79.65×
the Sun's light output
0.10
absolute magnitude
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HD 75098G-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
StarHR 327986 ly
StarHR 330898 ly
StarHD 79481100 ly
StarGamma Hyastar
StarZeta Hyastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hydra
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hydra

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.