G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 8526

75.2 lybrightness mag 6.12G3IV

Also catalogued as HD 212168 · HIP 110712

5,971 K

temperature

6.12

apparent magnitude

1.65× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G3IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

75 years

at light speed from Earth

1.03×

as hot as the Sun

1.65×

the Sun's light output

4.31

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8526G-type

Sky regionOctansthis direction

Nearest stars

Nu Oct →7.5 ly apart
HR 8061 →13 ly apart
Rho Ind →14 ly apart
Gliese Gl 818.1B →16 ly apart
HR 8843 →19 ly apart
Nu Ind →19 ly apart

Bright stars in Octans

Nu Oct →mag 3.7
Bet Oct →mag 4.1
Del Oct →mag 4.3
The Oct →mag 4.8
Eps Oct →mag 5.1
Gam1Oct →mag 5.1
Alp Oct →mag 5.1
Lam Oct →mag 5.3

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Octans

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.