G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 2225

54.5 lybrightness mag 6.37G5V

Also catalogued as HD 43162 · HIP 29568 · Gliese GJ 3389

5,558 K

temperature

6.37

apparent magnitude

0.69× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G5V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

55 years

at light speed from Earth

0.96×

as hot as the Sun

0.69×

the Sun's light output

5.25

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2225G-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

16Eta Lep →11 ly apart
7Nu 2CMa →12 ly apart
HR 2007 →19 ly apart
14Zet Lep →20 ly apart
HR 3018 →21 ly apart
HR 2667 →21 ly apart

Bright stars in Canis Major

Adhara →mag 1.5
Wezen →mag 1.8
Mirzam →mag 2.0
Aludra →mag 2.5
Furud →mag 3.0
24Omi2CMa →mag 3.0
Nganurganity →mag 3.5
13Kap CMa →mag 3.5

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Canis Major

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.