G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 8

44.6 lybrightness mag 6.07K0V

Also catalogued as HD 166 · HIP 544 · Gliese Gl 5

5,430 K

temperature

6.07

apparent magnitude

0.61× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K0V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

45 years

at light speed from Earth

0.94×

as hot as the Sun

0.61×

the Sun's light output

5.39

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8G-type

Sky regionAndromedathis direction

Nearest stars

85 Peg →5.1 ly apart
54 Psc →11 ly apart
Helvetios →16 ly apart
Titawin →17 ly apart
HR 483 →18 ly apart
17Iot Psc →19 ly apart

Bright stars in Andromeda

Alpheratz →mag 2.1
Mirach →mag 2.1
Almach →mag 2.1
31Del And →mag 3.3
Nembus →mag 3.6
Alfarasalkamil →mag 3.6
Udkadua →mag 3.8
37Mu And →mag 3.9

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Andromeda

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.