86 Peg vs Tau Phe

Shared classification is the first thing the pair has in common: both 86 Peg and Tau Phe are catalogued G-type. Intrinsically the balance shifts: Tau Phe carries an absolute magnitude of −0.59 against +0.26 for 86 Peg, making it about 2.2 times more luminous once distance is removed from the comparison. Only 373 light-years separate the Sun from 86 Peg; Tau Phe sits 1.6 times further out at 593.