G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

89 Aqr

89 Aqr is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Aquarius 504 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,692 K, and it shines at 272× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 4.7 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 504 years ago.

504 lybrightness mag 4.71A3IV:

Also catalogued as HR 8817 · HD 218640 · HIP 114375 · Gliese GJ 9812A

5,692 K
temperature
4.71
apparent magnitude
272× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A3IV:
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
504 years
at light speed from Earth
0.99×
as hot as the Sun
272×
the Sun's light output
-1.24
absolute magnitude
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89 AqrG-type
Sky regionAquariusthis direction
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Bright stars in Aquarius
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 4.7To see it no equipment neededLook 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.