G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 6994

135 lybrightness mag 6.39G2V

Also catalogued as HD 171990 · HIP 92233

5,995 K

temperature

6.39

apparent magnitude

4.15× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G2V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

135 years

at light speed from Earth

1.04×

as hot as the Sun

4.15×

the Sun's light output

3.31

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6994G-type

Sky regionOctansthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6751 →11 ly apart
HR 7498 →18 ly apart
Alp Oct →19 ly apart
Mu 2Oct →19 ly apart
Karaka →22 ly apart
HR 7221 →25 ly apart

Bright stars in Octans

Nu Oct →mag 3.7
Bet Oct →mag 4.1
Del Oct →mag 4.3
The Oct →mag 4.8
Eps Oct →mag 5.1
Gam1Oct →mag 5.1
Alp Oct →mag 5.1
Lam Oct →mag 5.3

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Octans

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.