G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

53 Aqr

65.5 lybrightness mag 6.21G3 V

Also catalogued as HR 8545 · HD 212698 · Gliese Gl 859A

5,890 K

temperature

6.21

apparent magnitude

1.15× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G3 V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

65 years

at light speed from Earth

1.02×

as hot as the Sun

1.15×

the Sun's light output

4.70

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

53 AqrG-type

Sky regionAquariusthis direction

Nearest stars

53 Aqr →0.40 ly apart
59Ups Aqr →10 ly apart
94 Aqr →16 ly apart
15Tau PsA →19 ly apart
HR 8581 →22 ly apart
51Mu Cap →24 ly apart

Bright stars in Aquarius

Sadalsuud →mag 2.9
Sadalmelik →mag 3.0
Skat →mag 3.3
55Zet1Aqr →mag 3.6
Safina →mag 3.7
73Lam Aqr →mag 3.7
Albali →mag 3.8
Sadachbia →mag 3.9

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Aquarius

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.