G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 4721

176 lybrightness mag 6.10G4IV

Also catalogued as HD 108063 · HIP 60591

5,771 K

temperature

6.10

apparent magnitude

9.21× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G4IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

176 years

at light speed from Earth

1.00×

as hot as the Sun

9.21×

the Sun's light output

2.44

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4721G-type

Sky regionCentaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 4557 →25 ly apart
HR 4570 →27 ly apart
HR 4831 →27 ly apart
HR 4637 →28 ly apart
HD 105113 →32 ly apart
HR 4889 →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 6.1To 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.