G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
HU Aqr
5952 K
temperature
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radius
0.88 M☉
mass
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luminosity
How long to get there · 627 ly away
At light speed, about 627 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size unknown: no measured radius for this star.
How it compares with our Sun
1.03×
as hot as the Sun
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the Sun's width
0.88×
the Sun's mass
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the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →HU Aqr AB bGas giant12.80 R⊕ · 6.5 years year
- Explore →HU Aqr AB cGas giant12.90 R⊕ · 12.0 years year
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Zoom out: system → (soon) galaxy arm, and the host black hole at the galaxy's heart.
Can you see it tonight?
FAINT — LARGE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Brightness mag 16.2To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from HU Aqr's temperature, not a photograph.