G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 637

HR 637 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Eridanus 35.2 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,245 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 0.36× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 35 years ago.

35.2 lybrightness mag 6.12K0V

Also catalogued as HD 13445 · HIP 10138 · Gliese Gl 86

5,245 K
temperature
6.12
apparent magnitude
0.36× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
35 years
at light speed from Earth
0.91×
as hot as the Sun
0.36×
the Sun's light output
5.96
absolute magnitude
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HR 637G-type
Sky regionEridanusthis direction
Starp Eridani9.4 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Eridanus

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.