G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

Gliese Gl 291B

54.4 lybrightness mag 6.17G4 V

5,778 K

temperature

6.17

apparent magnitude

0.82× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G4 V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

54 years

at light speed from Earth

1.00×

as hot as the Sun

0.82×

the Sun's light output

5.06

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Gliese Gl 291BG-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

9 Pup →0.55 ly apart
Tureis →15 ly apart
HR 3430 →17 ly apart
HR 3538 →17 ly apart
HR 3018 →19 ly apart
18 Pup →19 ly apart

Bright stars in Puppis

Naos →mag 2.2
Pi Pup →mag 2.7
Tureis →mag 2.8
Tau Pup →mag 2.9
Pipit →mag 3.2
Sig Pup →mag 3.3
Azmidi →mag 3.3
3 Pup →mag 3.9

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Puppis

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.