G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
HR 6994
HR 6994 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Octans 135 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,995 K, and it shines at 4.15× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 135 years ago.
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
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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.