F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 3806

HR 3806 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Draco 232 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,147 K, about 1.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 12.21× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 232 years ago.

232 lybrightness mag 6.39F2V+...

Also catalogued as HD 82685 · HIP 47260

7,147 K

temperature

6.39

apparent magnitude

12.21× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F2V+...

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

232 years

at light speed from Earth

1.24×

as hot as the Sun

12.21×

the Sun's light output

2.13

absolute magnitude

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HR 3806F-type

Sky regionDracothis direction

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Bright stars in Draco

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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Draco

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.