G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

HR 6560

815 lybrightness mag 6.15A5V+...

Also catalogued as HD 159870 · HIP 85923

5,960 K

temperature

6.15

apparent magnitude

189× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A5V+...

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

815 years

at light speed from Earth

1.03×

as hot as the Sun

189×

the Sun's light output

-0.84

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6560G-type

Sky regionDracothis direction

Nearest stars

18 Dra →150 ly apart
HR 6792 →160 ly apart
HR 6086 →160 ly apart
HR 7060 →170 ly apart
HR 5981 →190 ly apart
88 Her →200 ly apart

Bright stars in Draco

Eltanin →mag 2.2
Athebyne →mag 2.7
Rastaban →mag 2.8
Altais →mag 3.1
Aldhibah →mag 3.2
Edasich →mag 3.3
44Chi Dra →mag 3.5
Thuban →mag 3.7

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Draco

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.