G-type star · yellow, like our Sun
HD 9496
HD 9496 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Pisces 482 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,281 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 57.02× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 482 years ago.
Also catalogued as HIP 7243
5,281 K
temperature
6.31
apparent magnitude
57.02× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
482 years
at light speed from Earth
0.91×
as hot as the Sun
57.02×
the Sun's light output
0.46
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.