G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 5596

141 lybrightness mag 5.63F9V

Also catalogued as HD 133002 · HIP 72573 · Gliese GJ 3876

5,703 K

temperature

5.63

apparent magnitude

9.14× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F9V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

141 years

at light speed from Earth

0.99×

as hot as the Sun

9.14×

the Sun's light output

2.45

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 5596G-type

Sky regionUrsa Minorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6173 →13 ly apart
HR 4683 →17 ly apart
24 UMi →18 ly apart
HR 4686 →19 ly apart
HR 4062 →19 ly apart
Kochab →22 ly apart

Bright stars in Ursa Minor

Kochab →mag 2.1
Pherkad →mag 3.0
22Eps UMi →mag 4.2
5 UMi →mag 4.3
16Zet UMi →mag 4.3
Yildun →mag 4.3
4 UMi →mag 4.8
21Eta UMi →mag 5.0

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.6To see it no equipment neededLook toward Ursa Minor

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.