G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 913

HR 913 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Eridanus 111 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,975 K, and it shines at 3.31× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 111 years ago.

111 lybrightness mag 6.20G0IV-V

Also catalogued as HD 18894 · HIP 14124

5,975 K

temperature

6.20

apparent magnitude

3.31× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G0IV-V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

111 years

at light speed from Earth

1.04×

as hot as the Sun

3.31×

the Sun's light output

3.55

absolute magnitude

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HR 913G-type

Sky regionEridanusthis direction

Nearest stars

Bright stars in Eridanus

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BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Eridanus

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.