G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 4788

92.4 lybrightness mag 5.76G4IV

Also catalogued as HD 109409 · HIP 61379

5,660 K

temperature

5.76

apparent magnitude

3.47× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G4IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

92 years

at light speed from Earth

0.98×

as hot as the Sun

3.47×

the Sun's light output

3.50

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4788G-type

Sky regionCentaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 4734 →8.9 ly apart
HR 4600 →13 ly apart
Gacrux →20 ly apart
HR 4794 →24 ly apart
HR 4979 →28 ly apart
HR 4548 →29 ly apart

Bright stars in Centaurus

Menkent →mag 2.1
Gam Cen →mag 2.2
Eps Cen →mag 2.3
Eta Cen →mag 2.3
Leepwal →mag 2.5
Del Cen →mag 2.6
Kulou →mag 2.8
Lam Cen →mag 3.1

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.8To see it no equipment neededLook 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.