G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 2643

62.4 lybrightness mag 5.93G4V

Also catalogued as HD 52711 · HIP 34017 · Gliese Gl 262

5,987 K

temperature

5.93

apparent magnitude

1.35× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G4V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

62 years

at light speed from Earth

1.04×

as hot as the Sun

1.35×

the Sun's light output

4.52

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2643G-type

Sky regionGeminithis direction

Nearest stars

62Rho Gem →7.3 ly apart
37 Gem →7.6 ly apart
Wasat →9.0 ly apart
Castor B →13 ly apart
56Psi5Aur →17 ly apart
71 Ori →18 ly apart

Bright stars in Gemini

Pollux →mag 1.2
Alhena →mag 1.9
Castor B →mag 2.9
Tejat →mag 2.9
Mebsuta →mag 3.1
Propus →mag 3.3
Alzirr →mag 3.4
Wasat →mag 3.5

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Gemini

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.