G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
HR 6697
HR 6697 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Hercules 92.1 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,808 K, and it shines at 2.06× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 92 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 163840 · HIP 87895 · Gliese GJ 4039A
5,808 K
temperature
6.32
apparent magnitude
2.06× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G2V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
92 years
at light speed from Earth
1.01×
as hot as the Sun
2.06×
the Sun's light output
4.07
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.