G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

16 Cyg

68.8 lybrightness mag 5.99G2V

Also catalogued as HR 7503 · HD 186408 · HIP 96895 · Gliese Gl 765.1A

5,804 K

temperature

5.99

apparent magnitude

1.55× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G2V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

69 years

at light speed from Earth

1.01×

as hot as the Sun

1.55×

the Sun's light output

4.37

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

16 CygG-type

Sky regionCygnusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 7504 →0.44 ly apart
13The Cyg →9.0 ly apart
HR 7293 →13 ly apart
HR 7451 →13 ly apart
HR 7683 →16 ly apart
HR 7123 →18 ly apart

Bright stars in Cygnus

Sadr →mag 2.2
Aljanah →mag 2.5
Fawaris →mag 2.9
64Zet Cyg →mag 3.2
62Xi Cyg →mag 3.7
65Tau Cyg →mag 3.7
10Iot2Cyg →mag 3.8
1Kap Cyg →mag 3.8

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Cygnus

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.