G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

17Sig CrB

68.8 lybrightness mag 5.23F8V

Also catalogued as HR 6063 · HD 146361 · HIP 79607 · Gliese Gl 615.2A

5,971 K

temperature

5.23

apparent magnitude

3.13× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F8V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

69 years

at light speed from Earth

1.03×

as hot as the Sun

3.13×

the Sun's light output

3.61

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

17Sig CrBG-type

Sky regionCorona Borealisthis direction

Nearest stars

17Sig CrB →2.0 ly apart
15Rho CrB →13 ly apart
2Eta CrB →15 ly apart
Alphecca →15 ly apart
2Eta CrB →16 ly apart
HR 6091 →19 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 5.2To 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.