G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 8477

71.9 lybrightness mag 6.23G5V

Also catalogued as HD 210918 · HIP 109821 · Gliese Gl 851.2

5,786 K

temperature

6.23

apparent magnitude

1.36× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G5V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

72 years

at light speed from Earth

1.00×

as hot as the Sun

1.36×

the Sun's light output

4.51

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8477G-type

Sky regionGrusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 8635 →11 ly apart
15Tau PsA →16 ly apart
HR 8531 →21 ly apart
HR 8323 →21 ly apart
Gam Tuc →25 ly apart
Eta Ind →25 ly apart

Bright stars in Grus

Alnair →mag 1.7
Tiaki →mag 2.1
Aldhanab →mag 3.0
Eps Gru →mag 3.5
Iot Gru →mag 3.9
Del1Gru →mag 4.0
Zet Gru →mag 4.1
Del2Gru →mag 4.1

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Grus

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.