G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 5322

HR 5322 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Virgo 140 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,995 K, and it shines at 4.57× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 140 years ago.

140 lybrightness mag 6.36F9V

Also catalogued as HD 124553 · HIP 69564

5,995 K

temperature

6.36

apparent magnitude

4.57× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F9V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

140 years

at light speed from Earth

1.04×

as hot as the Sun

4.57×

the Sun's light output

3.20

absolute magnitude

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HR 5322G-type

Sky regionVirgothis direction

Nearest stars

Bright stars in Virgo

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BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Virgo

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.