G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 6722

HR 6722 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Hercules 145 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,446 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 5.32× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 145 years ago.

145 lybrightness mag 6.28G5IV

Also catalogued as HD 164507 · HIP 88217

5,446 K
temperature
6.28
apparent magnitude
5.32× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
145 years
at light speed from Earth
0.94×
as hot as the Sun
5.32×
the Sun's light output
3.04
absolute magnitude
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HR 6722G-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
StarHR 685725 ly
StarHR 654129 ly
Star73 Her30 ly
StarKornephorosstar
StarRasalgethistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
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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.