F-type star · yellow-white star
51 Eri
7422 K
temperature
1.45 R☉
radius
1.75 M☉
mass
5.720 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 97.1 ly away
At light speed, about 97 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
1.29×
as hot as the Sun
1.45×
the Sun's width
1.75×
the Sun's mass
5.72×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Zoom out: system → (soon) galaxy arm, and the host black hole at the galaxy's heart.
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.2To see it no equipment needed
Illustration generated from 51 Eri's temperature, not a photograph.