G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 5423

HR 5423 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Boötes 77.4 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,595 K, and it shines at 1.40× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 77 years ago.

77.4 lybrightness mag 6.36G5V

Also catalogued as HD 127334 · HIP 70873 · Gliese GJ 3852

5,595 K

temperature

6.36

apparent magnitude

1.40× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G5V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

77 years

at light speed from Earth

0.97×

as hot as the Sun

1.40×

the Sun's light output

4.48

absolute magnitude

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HR 5423G-type

Sky regionBoötesthis direction

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Bright stars in Boötes

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BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Boötes

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.