G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 4903

131 lybrightness mag 5.89G2IV

Also catalogued as HD 112164 · HIP 63033 · Gliese GJ 9423

5,841 K

temperature

5.89

apparent magnitude

6.17× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G2IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

131 years

at light speed from Earth

1.01×

as hot as the Sun

6.17×

the Sun's light output

2.87

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4903G-type

Sky regionCentaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

Tau Cen →12 ly apart
Gam Cen →12 ly apart
Dofida →18 ly apart
HR 4794 →18 ly apart
HR 4889 →20 ly apart
HR 4922 →25 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 5.9To 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.