G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 1856

144 lybrightness mag 5.46G3IV

Also catalogued as HD 36553 · HIP 25768

5,909 K

temperature

5.46

apparent magnitude

11.11× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G3IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

144 years

at light speed from Earth

1.02×

as hot as the Sun

11.11×

the Sun's light output

2.24

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 1856G-type

Sky regionPictorthis direction

Nearest stars

Iot Pic →23 ly apart
Iot Pic →28 ly apart
Zet Pic →29 ly apart
HR 2094 →34 ly apart
HR 2400 →34 ly apart
Nu Pic →35 ly apart

Bright stars in Pictor

Alp Pic →mag 3.2
Gam Pic →mag 4.5
Del Pic →mag 4.7
Eta2Pic →mag 5.0
Lam Pic →mag 5.3
Eta1Pic →mag 5.4
Zet Pic →mag 5.4
Iot Pic →mag 5.6

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.5To see it no equipment neededLook toward Pictor

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.