G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

HR 4820

HR 4820 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Musca 2,038 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,436 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,018× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 2,038 years ago.

2,038 lybrightness mag 6.31F7Ib

Also catalogued as HD 110311 · HIP 61981

5,436 K
temperature
6.31
apparent magnitude
1,018× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F7Ib
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,038 years
at light speed from Earth
0.94×
as hot as the Sun
1,018×
the Sun's light output
-2.67
absolute magnitude
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HR 4820G-type
Sky regionMuscathis direction
StarHR 484126 ly
StarHR 5379330 ly
StarHR 5306370 ly
StarAlpha Musstar
StarBeta Musstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Musca
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Musca

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.