G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 4637

171 lybrightness mag 6.23G6III+...

Also catalogued as HD 105920 · HIP 59439

5,233 K

temperature

6.23

apparent magnitude

7.76× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G6III+...

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

171 years

at light speed from Earth

0.91×

as hot as the Sun

7.76×

the Sun's light output

2.63

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4637G-type

Sky regionCentaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 4570 →19 ly apart
HR 4831 →26 ly apart
HR 4721 →28 ly apart
HR 4462 →28 ly apart
HR 4350 →29 ly apart
HR 4370 →32 ly apart

Bright stars in Centaurus

Menkent →mag 2.1
Gam Cen →mag 2.2
Eps Cen →mag 2.3
Eta Cen →mag 2.3
Leepwal →mag 2.5
Del Cen →mag 2.6
Kulou →mag 2.8
Lam Cen →mag 3.1

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Centaurus

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.