G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

HR 5527

HR 5527 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Circinus 1,647 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,742 K, and it shines at 961× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.9 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,647 years ago.

1,647 lybrightness mag 5.91F8II + A/F

Also catalogued as HD 130701 · HIP 72773

5,742 K
temperature
5.91
apparent magnitude
961× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F8II + A/F
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,647 years
at light speed from Earth
0.99×
as hot as the Sun
961×
the Sun's light output
-2.61
absolute magnitude
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HR 5527G-type
Sky regionCircinusthis direction
StarHR 5661120 ly
StarTheta Cir140 ly
StarHD 131491190 ly
StarXamistar
StarBeta Cirstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Circinus
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Circinus

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.