G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

HD 47579

764 lybrightness mag 6.48A2V

Also catalogued as HIP 31736

5,728 K
temperature
6.48
apparent magnitude
122× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A2V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
764 years
at light speed from Earth
0.99×
as hot as the Sun
122×
the Sun's light output
-0.37
absolute magnitude
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Can you see it tonight?
BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Canis Major

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.