G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 5996

88.4 lybrightness mag 6.32G5V

Also catalogued as HD 144585 · HIP 78955

5,742 K

temperature

6.32

apparent magnitude

1.90× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G5V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

88 years

at light speed from Earth

0.99×

as hot as the Sun

1.90×

the Sun's light output

4.16

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 5996G-type

Sky regionScorpiusthis direction

Nearest stars

Xi Sco →9.9 ly apart
Graffias →9.9 ly apart
HR 5816 →13 ly apart
37 Lib →15 ly apart
HR 6269 →20 ly apart
31Eps Lib →23 ly apart

Bright stars in Scorpius

Shaula →mag 1.6
Sargas →mag 1.9
Dschubba →mag 2.3
Larawag →mag 2.3
Kap Sco →mag 2.4
Acrab →mag 2.6
Lesath →mag 2.7
Paikauhale →mag 2.8

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Scorpius

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.