G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Lambda Aur
Lambda Aur is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Auriga 41.2 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,853 K, and it shines at 1.85× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 4.7 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 41 years ago.
Also catalogued as HR 1729 · HD 34411 · HIP 24813 · Gliese Gl 197
5,853 K
temperature
4.69
apparent magnitude
1.85× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G0V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
41 years
at light speed from Earth
1.01×
as hot as the Sun
1.85×
the Sun's light output
4.18
absolute magnitude
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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
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.