G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

Uklun

129 lybrightness mag 7.47G6V

Also catalogued as HD 102117 · HIP 57291

5,531 K

temperature

7.47

apparent magnitude

1.41× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G6V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

129 years

at light speed from Earth

0.96×

as hot as the Sun

1.41×

the Sun's light output

4.48

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

UklunG-type

Sky regionCentaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

Tupã →17 ly apart
HR 4749 →17 ly apart
HR 4384 →17 ly apart
Lam Mus →18 ly apart
Iot Cru →20 ly apart
HD 103482 →22 ly apart

Bright stars in Centaurus

Menkent →mag 2.1
Gam Cen →mag 2.2
Eps Cen →mag 2.3
Eta Cen →mag 2.3
Leepwal →mag 2.5
Del Cen →mag 2.6
Kulou →mag 2.8
Lam Cen →mag 3.1

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 7.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Centaurus

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.