G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
HR 6465
HR 6465 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Ophiuchus 63.7 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,671 K, and it shines at 1.02× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 64 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 157347 · HIP 85042
5,671 K
temperature
6.28
apparent magnitude
1.02× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
64 years
at light speed from Earth
0.98×
as hot as the Sun
1.02×
the Sun's light output
4.83
absolute magnitude
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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.