G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

HR 6197

HR 6197 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Ara 2,836 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,218 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 2,142× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 2,836 years ago.

2,836 lybrightness mag 6.22F5Iab

Also catalogued as HD 150421 · HIP 81847

5,218 K
temperature
6.22
apparent magnitude
2,142× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F5Iab
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,836 years
at light speed from Earth
0.90×
as hot as the Sun
2,142×
the Sun's light output
-3.48
absolute magnitude
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HR 6197G-type
Sky regionArathis direction
StarHR 6142260 ly
StarHR 6260330 ly
StarZeta¹ Sco330 ly
StarBeta Arastar
StarAlpha Arastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Ara
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Ara

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.