G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 5209

63.5 lybrightness mag 6.43G5V

Also catalogued as HD 120690 · HIP 67620 · Gliese Gl 530

5,591 K

temperature

6.43

apparent magnitude

0.88× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G5V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

64 years

at light speed from Earth

0.97×

as hot as the Sun

0.88×

the Sun's light output

4.98

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 5209G-type

Sky regionHydrathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 5356 →8.3 ly apart
1 Cen →9.7 ly apart
Menkent →14 ly apart
Kulou →16 ly apart
HR 4979 →18 ly apart
8Eta Crv →22 ly apart

Bright stars in Hydra

46Gam Hya →mag 3.0
16Zet Hya →mag 3.1
Nu Hya →mag 3.1
49Pi Hya →mag 3.3
Ashlesha →mag 3.4
Xi Hya →mag 3.5
41Lam Hya →mag 3.6
42Mu Hya →mag 3.8

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hydra

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.