G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

53 Aqr

53 Aqr is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Aquarius 65.5 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,890 K, and it shines at 1.15× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 65 years ago.

65.5 lybrightness mag 6.21G3 V

Also catalogued as HR 8545 · HD 212698 · Gliese Gl 859A

5,890 K

temperature

6.21

apparent magnitude

1.15× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G3 V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

65 years

at light speed from Earth

1.02×

as hot as the Sun

1.15×

the Sun's light output

4.70

absolute magnitude

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53 AqrG-type

Sky regionAquariusthis direction

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Bright stars in Aquarius

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BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Aquarius

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.