G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 512

89.3 lybrightness mag 5.88G2V

Also catalogued as HD 10800 · HIP 7601 · Gliese Gl 67.1

5,890 K

temperature

5.88

apparent magnitude

2.90× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G2V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

89 years

at light speed from Earth

1.02×

as hot as the Sun

2.90×

the Sun's light output

3.69

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 512G-type

Sky regionOctansthis direction

Nearest stars

Iot Hyi →13 ly apart
HR 8526 →22 ly apart
Nu Ind →23 ly apart
Gliese Gl 855.1B →23 ly apart
Gam Men →23 ly apart
Rho Ind →24 ly apart

Bright stars in Octans

Nu Oct →mag 3.7
Bet Oct →mag 4.1
Del Oct →mag 4.3
The Oct →mag 4.8
Eps Oct →mag 5.1
Gam1Oct →mag 5.1
Alp Oct →mag 5.1
Lam Oct →mag 5.3

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Octans

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.