G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Sigma CrB
Sigma CrB is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Corona Borealis 68.8 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,971 K, and it shines at 3.13× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.2 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 69 years ago.
Also catalogued as HR 6063 · HD 146361 · HIP 79607 · Gliese Gl 615.2A
5,971 K
temperature
5.23
apparent magnitude
3.13× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F8V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
69 years
at light speed from Earth
1.03×
as hot as the Sun
3.13×
the Sun's light output
3.61
absolute magnitude
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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
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.