G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 3916

HR 3916 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Antlia 176 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,883 K, and it shines at 7.77× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 176 years ago.

176 lybrightness mag 6.28G1V

Also catalogued as HD 85725 · HIP 48468

5,883 K
temperature
6.28
apparent magnitude
7.77× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G1V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
176 years
at light speed from Earth
1.02×
as hot as the Sun
7.77×
the Sun's light output
2.62
absolute magnitude
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HR 3916G-type
Sky regionAntliathis direction
StarHR 408323 ly
StarLambda Pyx27 ly
StarHR 374929 ly
StarAlpha Antstar
StarEpsilon Antstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Antlia
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Antlia

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.