G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 8501

45.0 lybrightness mag 5.36G1V

Also catalogued as HD 211415 · HIP 110109 · Gliese Gl 853A

5,913 K

temperature

5.36

apparent magnitude

1.19× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G1V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

45 years

at light speed from Earth

1.02×

as hot as the Sun

1.19×

the Sun's light output

4.66

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8501G-type

Sky regionGrusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 8323 →9.8 ly apart
Gam Pav →17 ly apart
HR 209 →20 ly apart
Zet Tuc →21 ly apart
HR 8531 →22 ly apart
15Tau PsA →24 ly apart

Bright stars in Grus

Alnair →mag 1.7
Tiaki →mag 2.1
Aldhanab →mag 3.0
Eps Gru →mag 3.5
Iot Gru →mag 3.9
Del1Gru →mag 4.0
Zet Gru →mag 4.1
Del2Gru →mag 4.1

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.4To see it no equipment neededLook toward Grus

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.