G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

HR 8617

554 lybrightness mag 6.38G2III+...

Also catalogued as HD 214558 · HIP 111753

5,370 K

temperature

6.38

apparent magnitude

70.40× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G2III+...

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

554 years

at light speed from Earth

0.93×

as hot as the Sun

70.40×

the Sun's light output

0.23

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8617G-type

Sky regionLacertathis direction

Nearest stars

2 Lac →32 ly apart
HR 8528 →42 ly apart
8 And →76 ly apart
HR 8861 →77 ly apart
HR 8424 →80 ly apart
HR 8407 →84 ly apart

Bright stars in Lacerta

Stellio →mag 3.8
1 Lac →mag 4.1
5 Lac →mag 4.3
3Bet Lac →mag 4.4
11 Lac →mag 4.5
6 Lac →mag 4.5
2 Lac →mag 4.5
4 Lac →mag 4.5

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Lacerta

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.