G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

Tau1Gru

106 lybrightness mag 6.03G3IV

Also catalogued as HR 8700 · HD 216435 · HIP 113044 · Gliese GJ 9802

5,887 K

temperature

6.03

apparent magnitude

3.59× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G3IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

106 years

at light speed from Earth

1.02×

as hot as the Sun

3.59×

the Sun's light output

3.46

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Tau1GruG-type

Sky regionGrusthis direction

Nearest stars

Zet Gru →8.5 ly apart
HR 8814 →12 ly apart
Omi Gru →13 ly apart
Alnair →15 ly apart
Phi Gru →19 ly apart
Eps Gru →23 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.