G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
HR 3992
HR 3992 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Antlia 103 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,909 K, and it shines at 3.05× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 103 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 88218 · HIP 49769 · Gliese Gl 379.1A
5,909 K
temperature
6.14
apparent magnitude
3.05× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G1V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
103 years
at light speed from Earth
1.02×
as hot as the Sun
3.05×
the Sun's light output
3.64
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.