G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

40Zet Her

35.0 lybrightness mag 2.81F9IV

Also catalogued as HR 6212 · HD 150680 · HIP 81693 · Gliese Gl 635A

5,778 K

temperature

2.81

apparent magnitude

7.52× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F9IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

35 years

at light speed from Earth

1.00×

as hot as the Sun

7.52×

the Sun's light output

2.66

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

40Zet HerG-type

Sky regionHerculesthis direction

StarGliese Gl 635B0.26 ly

Nearest stars

Gliese Gl 635B →0.26 ly apart
86Mu Her →11 ly apart
41Gam Ser →12 ly apart
HR 6806 →12 ly apart
72 Her →13 ly apart
Quadrans →17 ly apart

Bright stars in Hercules

Kornephoros →mag 2.8
Rasalgethi →mag 2.8
Sarin →mag 3.1
67Pi Her →mag 3.2
86Mu Her →mag 3.4
44Eta Her →mag 3.5
92Xi Her →mag 3.7
20Gam Her →mag 3.7

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 2.8To see it no equipment neededLook toward Hercules

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.