G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

82 G. Eri

19.7 lybrightness mag 4.26G8V

Also catalogued as HR 1008 · HD 20794 · HIP 15510 · Gliese Gl 139

5,564 K

temperature

4.26

apparent magnitude

0.63× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

20 years

at light speed from Earth

0.96×

as hot as the Sun

0.63×

the Sun's light output

5.35

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

82 G. EriG-type

Sky regionEridanusthis direction

StarKapteyn's Star8.9 ly

Nearest stars

Kapteyn's Star →8.9 ly apart
p Eridani →9.9 ly apart
p Eridani →11 ly apart
52Tau Cet →12 ly apart
Keid →12 ly apart
Ran →12 ly apart

Bright stars in Eridanus

Cursa →mag 2.8
Acamar →mag 2.9
Zaurak →mag 3.0
Rana →mag 3.5
41Ups4Eri →mag 3.5
Phi Eri →mag 3.6
Chi Eri →mag 3.7
16Tau4Eri →mag 3.7

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.3To see it no equipment neededLook toward Eridanus

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.