G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 4098

HR 4098 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Ursa Major 74.7 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,929 K, and it shines at 1.24× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 75 years ago.

74.7 lybrightness mag 6.42G1V

Also catalogued as HD 90508 · HIP 51248 · Gliese Gl 392A

5,929 K

temperature

6.42

apparent magnitude

1.24× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G1V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

75 years

at light speed from Earth

1.03×

as hot as the Sun

1.24×

the Sun's light output

4.62

absolute magnitude

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HR 4098G-type

Sky regionUrsa Majorthis direction

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Bright stars in Ursa Major

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BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Ursa 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.