G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 706

HR 706 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Phoenix 102 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,767 K, and it shines at 2.88× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 102 years ago.

102 lybrightness mag 6.17G5IV

Also catalogued as HD 15064 · HIP 11231

5,767 K
temperature
6.17
apparent magnitude
2.88× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
102 years
at light speed from Earth
1.00×
as hot as the Sun
2.88×
the Sun's light output
3.70
absolute magnitude
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HR 706G-type
Sky regionPhoenixthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Phoenix

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.