G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 7898

46.9 lybrightness mag 6.36G8/K0V

Also catalogued as HD 196761 · HIP 101997 · Gliese Gl 796

5,538 K

temperature

6.36

apparent magnitude

0.51× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8/K0V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

47 years

at light speed from Earth

0.96×

as hot as the Sun

0.51×

the Sun's light output

5.57

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 7898G-type

Sky regionCapricornusthis direction

Star16Psi Cap1.9 ly

StarHR 75788.5 ly

StarDeneb Algedi15 ly

StarDabihstar

StarAlgedistar

Nearest stars

16Psi Cap →1.9 ly apart
HR 7578 →8.5 ly apart
Deneb Algedi →15 ly apart
HR 6998 →22 ly apart
Gam CrA →23 ly apart
15Tau PsA →24 ly apart

Bright stars in Capricornus

Deneb Algedi →mag 2.9
Dabih →mag 3.0
Algedi →mag 3.6
Nashira →mag 3.7
34Zet Cap →mag 3.8
23The Cap →mag 4.1
18Ome Cap →mag 4.1
16Psi Cap →mag 4.1

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Capricornus

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.