G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
HR 4864
HR 4864 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Coma Berenices 55.2 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,591 K, and it shines at 0.76× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 55 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 111395 · HIP 62523 · Gliese Gl 486.1
5,591 K
temperature
6.29
apparent magnitude
0.76× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G7V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
55 years
at light speed from Earth
0.97×
as hot as the Sun
0.76×
the Sun's light output
5.15
absolute magnitude
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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.