G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

15Rho CrB

56.2 lybrightness mag 5.39G2V

Also catalogued as HR 5968 · HD 143761 · HIP 78459 · Gliese Gl 606.2

5,921 K

temperature

5.39

apparent magnitude

1.81× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G2V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

56 years

at light speed from Earth

1.03×

as hot as the Sun

1.81×

the Sun's light output

4.21

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

15Rho CrBG-type

Sky regionCorona Borealisthis direction

Nearest stars

2Eta CrB →8.8 ly apart
1Chi Her →9.8 ly apart
2Eta CrB →9.8 ly apart
17Sig CrB →13 ly apart
17Sig CrB →15 ly apart
45 Boo →17 ly apart

Bright stars in Corona Borealis

Alphecca →mag 2.2
Nusakan →mag 3.7
8Gam CrB →mag 3.8
4The CrB →mag 4.1
13Eps CrB →mag 4.1
10Del CrB →mag 4.6
7Zet1CrB →mag 4.6
16Tau CrB →mag 4.7

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.4To see it no equipment neededLook toward Corona Borealis

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.