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HD 9986 is a Sun-like star 84 light years (25.733 parsecs) from the Sun. HD 9986 is a G-type star and a near solar twin A speckle survey of G-dwarfs by Elliott P. Horch in 2002 noted that HD 9986 may not be non-single star.
Sun comparison
This chart compares the sun to HD 9986.
To date no solar twin with an exact match as that of the Sun has been found, however, there are some stars that come very close to being identical to that of the Sun, and are such considered solar twins by the majority of the public. An exact solar twin would be a G2V star with a 5,778K temperature, be 4.6 billion years old, with the correct metallicity and a 0.1% solar luminosity variation. Stars with an age of 4.6 billion years are at the most stable state. Proper metallicity and size are also very important to low luminosity variation.