G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

Lambda Ser

Lambda Ser is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Serpens 39.5 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,952 K, and it shines at 2.18× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 4.4 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 40 years ago.

39.5 lybrightness mag 4.42G0Vvar

Also catalogued as HR 5868 · HD 141004 · HIP 77257 · Gliese Gl 598

5,952 K
temperature
4.42
apparent magnitude
2.18× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G0Vvar
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
40 years
at light speed from Earth
1.03×
as hot as the Sun
2.18×
the Sun's light output
4.00
absolute magnitude
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Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 4.4To see it no equipment neededLook toward Serpens

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.