G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

13 Ori

13 Ori is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Orion 90.2 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,871 K, and it shines at 2.31× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 90 years ago.

90.2 lybrightness mag 6.15G1IV

Also catalogued as HR 1662 · HD 33021 · HIP 23852 · Gliese GJ 3334

5,871 K

temperature

6.15

apparent magnitude

2.31× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G1IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

90 years

at light speed from Earth

1.02×

as hot as the Sun

2.31×

the Sun's light output

3.94

absolute magnitude

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13 OriG-type

Sky regionOrionthis direction

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BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Orion

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.