G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 3538

HR 3538 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Hydra 56.7 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,739 K, and it shines at 1.04× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 57 years ago.

56.7 lybrightness mag 6.01G3V

Also catalogued as HD 76151 · HIP 43726 · Gliese Gl 327

5,739 K

temperature

6.01

apparent magnitude

1.04× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G3V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

57 years

at light speed from Earth

0.99×

as hot as the Sun

1.04×

the Sun's light output

4.81

absolute magnitude

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HR 3538G-type

Sky regionHydrathis direction

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Bright stars in Hydra

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BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.0To 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.