G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 4979

67.4 lybrightness mag 4.85G3V

Also catalogued as HD 114613 · HIP 64408 · Gliese Gl 501.2

5,626 K

temperature

4.85

apparent magnitude

4.27× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G3V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

67 years

at light speed from Earth

0.97×

as hot as the Sun

4.27×

the Sun's light output

3.27

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4979G-type

Sky regionCentaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

Kulou →8.9 ly apart
1 Cen →10 ly apart
Menkent →15 ly apart
HR 5325 →17 ly apart
HR 5209 →18 ly apart
HR 5356 →22 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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.8To see it no equipment neededLook 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.