G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 8477

HR 8477 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Grus 71.9 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,786 K, and it shines at 1.36× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 72 years ago.

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

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HR 8477G-type

Sky regionGrusthis direction

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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.