G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

HD 9811

HD 9811 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Cassiopeia 1,822 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,354 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 689× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,822 years ago.

1,822 lybrightness mag 6.49A6Iab

Also catalogued as HIP 7593

5,354 K
temperature
6.49
apparent magnitude
689× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A6Iab
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,822 years
at light speed from Earth
0.93×
as hot as the Sun
689×
the Sun's light output
-2.25
absolute magnitude
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HD 9811G-type
Sky regionCassiopeiathis direction
Star53 Cas110 ly
StarHR 461220 ly
StarHR 482240 ly
StarCihstar
StarSchedarstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Cassiopeia
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cassiopeia

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.