G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 4098

74.7 lybrightness mag 6.42G1V

Also catalogued as HD 90508 · HIP 51248 · Gliese Gl 392A

5,929 K

temperature

6.42

apparent magnitude

1.24× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G1V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

75 years

at light speed from Earth

1.03×

as hot as the Sun

1.24×

the Sun's light output

4.62

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4098G-type

Sky regionUrsa Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

Merak →13 ly apart
HR 4486 →17 ly apart
37 UMa →17 ly apart
HR 3881 →17 ly apart
HR 4345 →20 ly apart
Phecda →21 ly apart

Bright stars in Ursa Major

Alioth →mag 1.8
Dubhe →mag 1.8
Alkaid →mag 1.9
Merak →mag 2.3
Phecda →mag 2.4
52Psi UMa →mag 3.0
Tania Australis →mag 3.1
Talitha →mag 3.1

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Ursa Major

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.