G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

HR 6469

HR 6469 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Hercules 241 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,717 K, and it shines at 28.71× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.5 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 241 years ago.

241 lybrightness mag 5.55F9Vn...

Also catalogued as HD 157482 · HIP 84949

5,717 K
temperature
5.55
apparent magnitude
28.71× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F9Vn...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
241 years
at light speed from Earth
0.99×
as hot as the Sun
28.71×
the Sun's light output
1.21
absolute magnitude
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HR 6469G-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
StarHR 657042 ly
StarHR 638842 ly
StarHR 616246 ly
StarKornephorosstar
StarRasalgethistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.5To see it no equipment neededLook toward Hercules

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.