G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

HR 6513

HR 6513 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Ara 1,456 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,266 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 666× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,456 years ago.

1,456 lybrightness mag 6.04F8/G0Ib

Also catalogued as HD 158476 · HIP 85788

5,266 K
temperature
6.04
apparent magnitude
666× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F8/G0Ib
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,456 years
at light speed from Earth
0.91×
as hot as the Sun
666×
the Sun's light output
-2.21
absolute magnitude
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HR 6513G-type
Sky regionArathis direction
StarHR 6523140 ly
StarHR 6266190 ly
StarHD 152220210 ly
StarBeta Arastar
StarAlpha Arastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Ara
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.