G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Lucilinburhuc
Lucilinburhuc is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Auriga 159 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,468 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1.45× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 7.9 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 159 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 45350 · HIP 30860
5,468 K
temperature
7.89
apparent magnitude
1.45× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
159 years
at light speed from Earth
0.95×
as hot as the Sun
1.45×
the Sun's light output
4.45
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.