G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 2643

HR 2643 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Gemini 62.4 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,987 K, and it shines at 1.35× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.9 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 62 years ago.

62.4 lybrightness mag 5.93G4V

Also catalogued as HD 52711 · HIP 34017 · Gliese Gl 262

5,987 K

temperature

5.93

apparent magnitude

1.35× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G4V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

62 years

at light speed from Earth

1.04×

as hot as the Sun

1.35×

the Sun's light output

4.52

absolute magnitude

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HR 2643G-type

Sky regionGeminithis direction

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Bright stars in Gemini

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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Gemini

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.