G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 4458

HR 4458 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Hydra 31.2 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,248 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 0.33× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 31 years ago.

31.2 lybrightness mag 5.96K0V

Also catalogued as HD 100623 · HIP 56452 · Gliese Gl 432A

5,248 K
temperature
5.96
apparent magnitude
0.33× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
31 years
at light speed from Earth
0.91×
as hot as the Sun
0.33×
the Sun's light output
6.06
absolute magnitude
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
HR 4458G-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
StarHR 45234.4 ly
StarAñañuca14 ly
StarHR 458718 ly
StarGamma Hyastar
StarZeta Hyastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hydra
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Hydra

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.