G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
HR 683
HR 683 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Fornax 41.3 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,521 K, and it shines at 0.41× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 41 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 14412 · HIP 10798 · Gliese Gl 95
5,521 K
temperature
6.33
apparent magnitude
0.41× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
41 years
at light speed from Earth
0.96×
as hot as the Sun
0.41×
the Sun's light output
5.82
absolute magnitude
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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.