G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

Mu Cas

Mu Cas is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Cassiopeia 24.6 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,588 K, and it shines at 0.43× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.2 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 25 years ago.

24.6 lybrightness mag 5.17G5Vp

Also catalogued as HR 321 · HD 6582 · HIP 5336 · Gliese Gl 53A

5,588 K
temperature
5.17
apparent magnitude
0.43× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5Vp
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
25 years
at light speed from Earth
0.97×
as hot as the Sun
0.43×
the Sun's light output
5.78
absolute magnitude
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Mu CasG-type
Sky regionCassiopeiathis direction
StarAchird5.4 ly
StarHR 5119.6 ly
StarKruger 6013 ly
StarCihstar
StarSchedarstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Cassiopeia
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.2To see it no equipment neededLook toward Cassiopeia

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.