G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
52Tau Cet
Also catalogued as HR 509 · HD 10700 · HIP 8102 · Gliese Gl 71
5,511 K
temperature
3.49
apparent magnitude
0.47× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
12 years
at light speed from Earth
0.95×
as hot as the Sun
0.47×
the Sun's light output
5.68
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.