G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 6416

HR 6416 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Ara 28.7 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,392 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 0.44× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.5 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 29 years ago.

28.7 lybrightness mag 5.47M0V

Also catalogued as HD 156274 · HIP 84720 · Gliese Gl 666A

5,392 K
temperature
5.47
apparent magnitude
0.44× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M0V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
29 years
at light speed from Earth
0.93×
as hot as the Sun
0.44×
the Sun's light output
5.75
absolute magnitude
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HR 6416G-type
Sky regionArathis direction
StarHR 64268.2 ly
StarGuniibuu B12 ly
StarHD 15602612 ly
StarBeta Arastar
StarAlpha Arastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Ara
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.5To see it no equipment neededLook 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.