F-type star · yellow-white star
HR 394
HR 394 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Cetus 201 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,421 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 9.50× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 201 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 8350 · HIP 6427
6,421 K
temperature
6.35
apparent magnitude
9.50× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F5/F6V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
201 years
at light speed from Earth
1.11×
as hot as the Sun
9.50×
the Sun's light output
2.41
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.