G-type star · yellow, like our Sun
HR 3794
HR 3794 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Hydra 381 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,913 K, and it shines at 42.66× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 381 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 82543 · HIP 46840
5,913 K
temperature
6.11
apparent magnitude
42.66× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F7IV-V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
381 years
at light speed from Earth
1.02×
as hot as the Sun
42.66×
the Sun's light output
0.78
absolute magnitude
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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.