G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 4980

HR 4980 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Centaurus 138 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,999 K, and it shines at 5.22× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 138 years ago.

138 lybrightness mag 6.18G0V

Also catalogued as HD 114630 · HIP 64478

5,999 K

temperature

6.18

apparent magnitude

5.22× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G0V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

138 years

at light speed from Earth

1.04×

as hot as the Sun

5.22×

the Sun's light output

3.06

absolute magnitude

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HR 4980G-type

Sky regionCentaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

Bright stars in Centaurus

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BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.