G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
HR 6939
HR 6939 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Pavo 157 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,643 K, and it shines at 5.59× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 157 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 170525 · HIP 90981
5,643 K
temperature
6.40
apparent magnitude
5.59× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
157 years
at light speed from Earth
0.98×
as hot as the Sun
5.59×
the Sun's light output
2.98
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.