G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

HR 40

HR 40 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Andromeda 429 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,671 K, and it shines at 48.00× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 429 years ago.

429 lybrightness mag 6.24G0III

Also catalogued as HD 895 · HIP 1076

5,671 K
temperature
6.24
apparent magnitude
48.00× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
429 years
at light speed from Earth
0.98×
as hot as the Sun
48.00×
the Sun's light output
0.65
absolute magnitude
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HR 40G-type
Sky regionAndromedathis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Andromeda

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.