G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HD 146059

HD 146059 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Norma 231 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,302 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 12.07× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 231 years ago.

231 lybrightness mag 6.40G5V

Also catalogued as HIP 79787

5,302 K
temperature
6.40
apparent magnitude
12.07× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
231 years
at light speed from Earth
0.92×
as hot as the Sun
12.07×
the Sun's light output
2.15
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Norma

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.