G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

HD 160042

HD 160042 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Ophiuchus 404 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,201 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 44.59× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 404 years ago.

404 lybrightness mag 6.19G6III/IV

Also catalogued as HIP 86352

5,201 K
temperature
6.19
apparent magnitude
44.59× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G6III/IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
404 years
at light speed from Earth
0.90×
as hot as the Sun
44.59×
the Sun's light output
0.73
absolute magnitude
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HD 160042G-type
Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction
Star51 Oph19 ly
StarHR 647429 ly
StarHR 649035 ly
StarSabikstar
StarZeta Ophstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Ophiuchus
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.