G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
HR 4525
HR 4525 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Hydra 57.0 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,667 K, and it shines at 0.68× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 57 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 102438 · HIP 57507 · Gliese Gl 446
5,667 K
temperature
6.48
apparent magnitude
0.68× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
57 years
at light speed from Earth
0.98×
as hot as the Sun
0.68×
the Sun's light output
5.27
absolute magnitude
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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.