G-type star · yellow, like our Sun
HR 6466
HR 6466 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Hercules 519 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,521 K, and it shines at 62.34× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 519 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 157358 · HIP 84934
5,521 K
temperature
6.37
apparent magnitude
62.34× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
519 years
at light speed from Earth
0.96×
as hot as the Sun
62.34×
the Sun's light output
0.36
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.