G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

Chi¹ Ori

Chi¹ Ori is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Orion 28.3 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,991 K, and it shines at 1.15× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 4.4 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 28 years ago.

28.3 lybrightness mag 4.39G0V

Also catalogued as HR 2047 · HD 39587 · HIP 27913 · Gliese Gl 222A

5,991 K

temperature

4.39

apparent magnitude

1.15× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G0V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

28 years

at light speed from Earth

1.04×

as hot as the Sun

1.15×

the Sun's light output

4.70

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Chi¹ OriG-type

Sky regionOrionthis direction

Nearest stars

Bright stars in Orion

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.4To see it no equipment neededLook toward Orion

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.