G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 4790

HR 4790 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Crux 154 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,498 K, and it shines at 6.30× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 154 years ago.

154 lybrightness mag 6.22G4IV

Also catalogued as HD 109492 · HIP 61443

5,498 K

temperature

6.22

apparent magnitude

6.30× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G4IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

154 years

at light speed from Earth

0.95×

as hot as the Sun

6.30×

the Sun's light output

2.85

absolute magnitude

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HR 4790G-type

Sky regionCruxthis direction

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Bright stars in Crux

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BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Crux

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.