G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
HR 6998
Also catalogued as HD 172051 · HIP 91438 · Gliese Gl 722
5,696 K
temperature
5.85
apparent magnitude
0.68× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
43 years
at light speed from Earth
0.99×
as hot as the Sun
0.68×
the Sun's light output
5.27
absolute magnitude
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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
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.