G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
HD 112060
HD 112060 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Coma Berenices 146 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,266 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 4.73× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 146 years ago.
Also catalogued as HIP 62904
5,266 K
temperature
6.42
apparent magnitude
4.73× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
146 years
at light speed from Earth
0.91×
as hot as the Sun
4.73×
the Sun's light output
3.16
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.