G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

26 Dra

46.3 lybrightness mag 5.23G0V

Also catalogued as HR 6573 · HD 160269 · HIP 86036 · Gliese Gl 684A

5,960 K

temperature

5.23

apparent magnitude

1.42× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G0V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

46 years

at light speed from Earth

1.03×

as hot as the Sun

1.42×

the Sun's light output

4.47

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

26 DraG-type

Sky regionDracothis direction

Nearest stars

19 Dra →5.7 ly apart
HR 6518 →6.2 ly apart
3Eta Cep →18 ly apart
HR 7783 →19 ly apart
HR 6806 →20 ly apart
Gliese Gl 575B →20 ly apart

Bright stars in Draco

Eltanin →mag 2.2
Athebyne →mag 2.7
Rastaban →mag 2.8
Altais →mag 3.1
Aldhibah →mag 3.2
Edasich →mag 3.3
44Chi Dra →mag 3.5
Thuban →mag 3.7

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.2To see it no equipment neededLook toward Draco

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.