G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 4734

HR 4734 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Centaurus 86.8 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,692 K, and it shines at 1.95× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 87 years ago.

86.8 lybrightness mag 6.25G5IV-V

Also catalogued as HD 108309 · HIP 60729

5,692 K

temperature

6.25

apparent magnitude

1.95× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G5IV-V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

87 years

at light speed from Earth

0.99×

as hot as the Sun

1.95×

the Sun's light output

4.13

absolute magnitude

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HR 4734G-type

Sky regionCentaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

Bright stars in Centaurus

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BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To 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.