G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 6516

53.3 lybrightness mag 5.31G8IV-V

Also catalogued as HD 158614 · HIP 85667 · Gliese Gl 678A

5,551 K

temperature

5.31

apparent magnitude

1.75× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8IV-V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

53 years

at light speed from Earth

0.96×

as hot as the Sun

1.75×

the Sun's light output

4.24

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6516G-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

StarGliese Gl 678B0.33 ly

Nearest stars

Gliese Gl 678B →0.33 ly apart
HR 6465 →11 ly apart
Onkaria →13 ly apart
58Eta Ser →15 ly apart
HR 6349 →16 ly apart
18 Sco →19 ly apart

Bright stars in Ophiuchus

Sabik →mag 2.4
13Zet Oph →mag 2.5
Yed Prior →mag 2.7
Cebalrai →mag 2.8
27Kap Oph →mag 3.2
Yed Posterior →mag 3.2
42The Oph →mag 3.3
64Nu Oph →mag 3.3

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.3To see it no equipment neededLook toward Ophiuchus

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.