G-type star · yellow, like our Sun
HR 618
HR 618 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Perseus. Its surface is about 5,987 K, and it shines at 47,424,199× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.7 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye.
brightness mag 5.66A1Ia
Also catalogued as HD 12953 · HIP 9990
5,987 K
temperature
5.66
apparent magnitude
47,424,199× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A1Ia
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
–
at light speed from Earth
1.04×
as hot as the Sun
47,424,199×
the Sun's light output
-14.34
absolute magnitude
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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
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.