G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

12 Oph

31.8 lybrightness mag 5.77K2V

Also catalogued as HR 6171 · HD 149661 · HIP 81300 · Gliese Gl 631

5,201 K

temperature

5.77

apparent magnitude

0.41× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

32 years

at light speed from Earth

0.90×

as hot as the Sun

0.41×

the Sun's light output

5.83

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

12 OphG-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

27Lam Ser →12 ly apart
Onkaria →13 ly apart
41Gam Ser →13 ly apart
18 Sco →15 ly apart
Guniibuu B →17 ly apart
HD 156026 →17 ly apart

Bright stars in Ophiuchus

Sabik →mag 2.4
13Zet Oph →mag 2.5
Yed Prior →mag 2.7
Cebalrai →mag 2.8
27Kap Oph →mag 3.2
Yed Posterior →mag 3.2
42The Oph →mag 3.3
64Nu Oph →mag 3.3

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.8To see it no equipment neededLook toward Ophiuchus

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.