G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 4790

154 lybrightness mag 6.22G4IV

Also catalogued as HD 109492 · HIP 61443

5,498 K

temperature

6.22

apparent magnitude

6.30× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G4IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

154 years

at light speed from Earth

0.95×

as hot as the Sun

6.30×

the Sun's light output

2.85

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4790G-type

Sky regionCruxthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 4720 →12 ly apart
HR 4710 →18 ly apart
HD 103482 →20 ly apart
HR 4980 →21 ly apart
HR 4749 →21 ly apart
HR 4966 →28 ly apart

Bright stars in Crux

Gacrux →mag 1.6
Imai →mag 2.8
Ginan →mag 3.6
Mu 1Cru →mag 4.0
Zet Cru →mag 4.1
Eta Cru →mag 4.1
The1Cru →mag 4.3
Lam Cru →mag 4.6

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Crux

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.