F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 3506

HR 3506 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Ursa Major 198 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,807 K, about 1.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 9.21× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 198 years ago.

198 lybrightness mag 6.35F5IV-V

Also catalogued as HD 75487 · HIP 43624

6,807 K

temperature

6.35

apparent magnitude

9.21× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F5IV-V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

198 years

at light speed from Earth

1.18×

as hot as the Sun

9.21×

the Sun's light output

2.44

absolute magnitude

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HR 3506F-type

Sky regionUrsa Majorthis direction

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Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Ursa Major

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.