G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

Nu 2Lup

48.3 lybrightness mag 5.65G2V

Also catalogued as HR 5699 · HD 136352 · HIP 75181 · Gliese Gl 582

5,819 K

temperature

5.65

apparent magnitude

1.05× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G2V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

48 years

at light speed from Earth

1.01×

as hot as the Sun

1.05×

the Sun's light output

4.80

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Nu 2LupG-type

Sky regionLupusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 5825 →9.7 ly apart
Bet TrA →14 ly apart
Xami →17 ly apart
Zet TrA →20 ly apart
Cervantes →20 ly apart
Menkent →20 ly apart

Bright stars in Lupus

Uridim →mag 2.3
Bet Lup →mag 2.7
Gam Lup →mag 2.8
Del Lup →mag 3.2
Eps Lup →mag 3.4
Zet Lup →mag 3.4
Eta Lup →mag 3.4
Iot Lup →mag 3.5

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Lupus

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.