G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 4345

HR 4345 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Ursa Major 71.5 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,968 K, and it shines at 1.14× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 72 years ago.

71.5 lybrightness mag 6.41G0V

Also catalogued as HD 97334 · HIP 54745 · Gliese Gl 417

5,968 K

temperature

6.41

apparent magnitude

1.14× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G0V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

72 years

at light speed from Earth

1.03×

as hot as the Sun

1.14×

the Sun's light output

4.71

absolute magnitude

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HR 4345G-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.