G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 6518

41.8 lybrightness mag 6.44K0V

Also catalogued as HD 158633 · HIP 85235 · Gliese Gl 675

5,407 K

temperature

6.44

apparent magnitude

0.38× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K0V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

42 years

at light speed from Earth

0.94×

as hot as the Sun

0.38×

the Sun's light output

5.90

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6518G-type

Sky regionDracothis direction

Nearest stars

26 Dra →6.2 ly apart
19 Dra →8.5 ly apart
44Chi Dra →16 ly apart
HR 5256 →17 ly apart
3Eta Cep →17 ly apart
Quadrans →19 ly apart

Bright stars in Draco

Eltanin →mag 2.2
Athebyne →mag 2.7
Rastaban →mag 2.8
Altais →mag 3.1
Aldhibah →mag 3.2
Edasich →mag 3.3
44Chi Dra →mag 3.5
Thuban →mag 3.7

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Draco

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.