K-type star · orange

Gam2Vol

140 lybrightness mag 3.78G8IIIvar

Also catalogued as HR 2736 · HD 55865 · HIP 34481

4,728 K

temperature

3.78

apparent magnitude

49.20× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8IIIvar

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

140 years

at light speed from Earth

0.82×

as hot as the Sun

49.20×

the Sun's light output

0.62

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Gam2VolK-type

Sky regionVolansthis direction

Nearest stars

Zet Vol →8.3 ly apart
Gam1Vol →22 ly apart
Bubup →23 ly apart
Del Dor →25 ly apart
The Cha →27 ly apart
Alp Vol →30 ly apart

Bright stars in Volans

Bet Vol →mag 3.8
Zet Vol →mag 3.9
Del Vol →mag 4.0
Alp Vol →mag 4.0
Eps Vol →mag 4.3
The Vol →mag 5.2
Eta Vol →mag 5.3
Kap1Vol →mag 5.3

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 3.8To see it no equipment neededLook toward Volans

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.