G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

38 LMi

38 LMi is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Leo Minor 171 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,987 K, and it shines at 11.01× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.8 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 171 years ago.

171 lybrightness mag 5.84F9V

Also catalogued as HR 4168 · HD 92168 · HIP 52139

5,987 K
temperature
5.84
apparent magnitude
11.01× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F9V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
171 years
at light speed from Earth
1.04×
as hot as the Sun
11.01×
the Sun's light output
2.25
absolute magnitude
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.8To see it no equipment neededLook toward Leo Minor

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.