G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 4980

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

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4980G-type

Sky regionCentaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 5048 →15 ly apart
HR 4749 →16 ly apart
HR 5000 →17 ly apart
Iot Cru →19 ly apart
HR 4790 →21 ly apart
Tupã →21 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?

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.