K-type star · orange

Mebsuta

845 lybrightness mag 3.06A3mA6-A9

Also catalogued as 27Eps Gem · HR 2473 · HD 48329 · HIP 32246

3,988 K

temperature

3.06

apparent magnitude

3,490× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A3mA6-A9

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

845 years

at light speed from Earth

0.69×

as hot as the Sun

3,490×

the Sun's light output

-4.01

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

MebsutaK-type

Sky regionGeminithis direction

Nearest stars

54 Aur →48 ly apart
HD 44780 →77 ly apart
HR 2631 →130 ly apart
53 Gem →130 ly apart
68 Ori →130 ly apart
33 Gem →130 ly apart

Bright stars in Gemini

Pollux →mag 1.2
Alhena →mag 1.9
Castor B →mag 2.9
Tejat →mag 2.9
Propus →mag 3.3
Alzirr →mag 3.4
Wasat →mag 3.5
77Kap Gem →mag 3.6

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 3.1To see it no equipment neededLook toward Gemini

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.