K-type star · orange

6 CVn

262 lybrightness mag 5.01G8III-IV

Also catalogued as HR 4728 · HD 108225 · HIP 60646

4,853 K

temperature

5.01

apparent magnitude

55.51× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8III-IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

262 years

at light speed from Earth

0.84×

as hot as the Sun

55.51×

the Sun's light output

0.49

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

6 CVnK-type

Sky regionCanes Venaticithis direction

Nearest stars

HR 4904 →37 ly apart
HR 4783 →42 ly apart
9 CVn →42 ly apart
20 CVn →46 ly apart
19 CVn →47 ly apart
HR 4536 →50 ly apart

Bright stars in Canes Venatici

Cor Caroli →mag 2.9
Chara →mag 4.2
24 CVn →mag 4.7
20 CVn →mag 4.7
5 CVn →mag 4.8
25 CVn →mag 4.8
21 CVn →mag 5.1
14 CVn →mag 5.2

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Canes Venatici

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.