Star · star

Gliese Gl 678B

53.6 lybrightness mag 6.20G8 IV-V

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temperature

6.20

apparent magnitude

0.78× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8 IV-V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

54 years

at light speed from Earth

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as hot as the Sun

0.78×

the Sun's light output

5.12

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Gliese Gl 678Bstar

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6516 →0.33 ly apart
HR 6465 →10 ly apart
Onkaria →13 ly apart
58Eta Ser →14 ly apart
HR 6349 →15 ly apart
18 Sco →19 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.