G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

Gam1Sgr

870 lybrightness mag 4.66G0Ib/II

Also catalogued as HR 6742 · HD 164975 · HIP 88567

5,360 K

temperature

4.66

apparent magnitude

847× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G0Ib/II

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

870 years

at light speed from Earth

0.93×

as hot as the Sun

847×

the Sun's light output

-2.47

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Gam1SgrG-type

Sky regionSagittariusthis direction

StarHR 666388 ly

StarHR 665789 ly

StarHR 664792 ly

StarKaus Australisstar

StarNunkistar

Nearest stars

HR 6663 →88 ly apart
HR 6657 →89 ly apart
HR 6647 →92 ly apart
HR 6893 →97 ly apart
HR 6658 →98 ly apart
HR 6648 →110 ly apart

Bright stars in Sagittarius

Kaus Australis →mag 1.8
Nunki →mag 2.0
Ascella →mag 2.6
Kaus Media →mag 2.7
Kaus Borealis →mag 2.8
Albaldah →mag 2.9
Alnasl →mag 3.0
Eta Sgr →mag 3.1

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Sagittarius

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.