G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 4637

HR 4637 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Centaurus 171 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,233 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 7.76× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 171 years ago.

171 lybrightness mag 6.23G6III+...

Also catalogued as HD 105920 · HIP 59439

5,233 K
temperature
6.23
apparent magnitude
7.76× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G6III+...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
171 years
at light speed from Earth
0.91×
as hot as the Sun
7.76×
the Sun's light output
2.63
absolute magnitude
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HR 4637G-type
Sky regionCentaurusthis direction
StarHR 457019 ly
StarHR 483126 ly
StarHR 472128 ly
StarMenkentstar
StarGamma Censtar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Centaurus

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.