G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 6939

157 lybrightness mag 6.40G5IV

Also catalogued as HD 170525 · HIP 90981

5,643 K
temperature
6.40
apparent magnitude
5.59× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
157 years
at light speed from Earth
0.98×
as hot as the Sun
5.59×
the Sun's light output
2.98
absolute magnitude
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Can you see it tonight?
BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pavo

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.