G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 6372

114 lybrightness mag 6.35G8IV-V

Also catalogued as HD 154962 · HIP 83906

5,612 K

temperature

6.35

apparent magnitude

3.06× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8IV-V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

114 years

at light speed from Earth

0.97×

as hot as the Sun

3.06×

the Sun's light output

3.63

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6372G-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6493 →18 ly apart
20 Oph →19 ly apart
Bake-eo →25 ly apart
HR 6375 →25 ly apart
Yed Posterior →25 ly apart
HR 6189 →26 ly apart

Bright stars in Ophiuchus

Sabik →mag 2.4
13Zet Oph →mag 2.5
Yed Prior →mag 2.7
Cebalrai →mag 2.8
27Kap Oph →mag 3.2
Yed Posterior →mag 3.2
42The Oph →mag 3.3
64Nu Oph →mag 3.3

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Ophiuchus

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.