G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
HR 6518
HR 6518 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Draco 41.8 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,407 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 0.38× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 42 years ago.
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
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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.