G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

Mu 1Gru

275 lybrightness mag 4.79G8III+...

Also catalogued as HR 8486 · HD 211088 · HIP 109908

5,311 K

temperature

4.79

apparent magnitude

75.02× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8III+...

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

275 years

at light speed from Earth

0.92×

as hot as the Sun

75.02×

the Sun's light output

0.16

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Mu 1GruG-type

Sky regionGrusthis direction

Nearest stars

Mu 2Gru →9.5 ly apart
Nu Gru →19 ly apart
Lam Gru →35 ly apart
Del1Gru →39 ly apart
HR 8437 →43 ly apart
HR 8200 →49 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 4.8To 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.