F-type star · yellow-white star

Nu Men

170 lybrightness mag 5.78F0/F2III

Also catalogued as HR 1456 · HD 29116 · HIP 20297

7,106 K

temperature

5.78

apparent magnitude

11.50× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F0/F2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

170 years

at light speed from Earth

1.23×

as hot as the Sun

11.50×

the Sun's light output

2.20

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Nu MenF-type

Sky regionMensathis direction

Nearest stars

Zet Oct →24 ly apart
The Cha →34 ly apart
Tau2Hyi →38 ly apart
Bet Oct →38 ly apart
Iot Cha →39 ly apart
Sig Hyi →41 ly apart

Bright stars in Mensa

Hoerikwaggo →mag 5.1
Gam Men →mag 5.2
Bet Men →mag 5.3
The Men →mag 5.5
Kap Men →mag 5.5
Eta Men →mag 5.5
Mu Men →mag 5.5
Eps Men →mag 5.5

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.8To see it no equipment neededLook toward Mensa

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.