G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

23 Lib

85.5 lybrightness mag 6.47G5V

Also catalogued as HR 5657 · HD 134987 · HIP 74500 · Gliese Gl 579.4

5,633 K

temperature

6.47

apparent magnitude

1.54× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G5V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

85 years

at light speed from Earth

0.98×

as hot as the Sun

1.54×

the Sun's light output

4.38

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

23 LibG-type

Sky regionLibrathis direction

Star54 Hya17 ly

StarZubenelgenubi18 ly

Star8Alp1Lib18 ly

StarZubeneschamalistar

StarBrachiumstar

Nearest stars

54 Hya →17 ly apart
Zubenelgenubi →18 ly apart
8Alp1Lib →18 ly apart
HR 5996 →26 ly apart
HR 5816 →26 ly apart
37 Lib →27 ly apart

Bright stars in Libra

Zubeneschamali →mag 2.6
Zubenelgenubi →mag 2.8
Brachium →mag 3.3
39Ups Lib →mag 3.6
40Tau Lib →mag 3.7
Zubenelhakrabi →mag 3.9
46The Lib →mag 4.1
16 Lib →mag 4.5

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Libra

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.