G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 6697

92.1 lybrightness mag 6.32G2V

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

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6697G-type

Sky regionHerculesthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 7079 →19 ly apart
111 Her →21 ly apart
Sarin →22 ly apart
72 Oph →23 ly apart
HR 6981 →25 ly apart
HR 6950 →25 ly apart

Bright stars in Hercules

Kornephoros →mag 2.8
Rasalgethi →mag 2.8
40Zet Her →mag 2.8
Sarin →mag 3.1
67Pi Her →mag 3.2
86Mu Her →mag 3.4
44Eta Her →mag 3.5
92Xi Her →mag 3.7

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hercules

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.