G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 173

94.2 lybrightness mag 6.14G3/G5V

Also catalogued as HD 3795 · HIP 3185 · Gliese Gl 27.2

5,541 K

temperature

6.14

apparent magnitude

2.54× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G3/G5V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

94 years

at light speed from Earth

0.96×

as hot as the Sun

2.54×

the Sun's light output

3.84

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 173G-type

Sky regionCetusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 197 →7.7 ly apart
Diphda →10.0 ly apart
Cocibolca →12 ly apart
HR 108 →13 ly apart
18 Cet →20 ly apart
Eps Scl →24 ly apart

Bright stars in Cetus

Diphda →mag 2.0
Menkar →mag 2.5
31Eta Cet →mag 3.5
Kaffaljidhma →mag 3.5
52Tau Cet →mag 3.5
8Iot Cet →mag 3.6
45The Cet →mag 3.6
Baten Kaitos →mag 3.7

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cetus

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.