G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

61 UMa

31.3 lybrightness mag 5.31G8Vvar

Also catalogued as HR 4496 · HD 101501 · HIP 56997 · Gliese Gl 434

5,524 K

temperature

5.31

apparent magnitude

0.60× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8Vvar

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

31 years

at light speed from Earth

0.96×

as hot as the Sun

0.60×

the Sun's light output

5.40

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

61 UMaG-type

Sky regionUrsa Majorthis direction

StarGroombridge 18302.8 ly

StarAlula Australis4.1 ly

StarAlula Australis B4.1 ly

StarAliothstar

StarDubhestar

Nearest stars

Groombridge 1830 →2.8 ly apart
Alula Australis →4.1 ly apart
Alula Australis B →4.1 ly apart
Noquisi →4.6 ly apart
Chara →7.5 ly apart
43Bet Com →11 ly apart

Bright stars in Ursa Major

Alioth →mag 1.8
Dubhe →mag 1.8
Alkaid →mag 1.9
Merak →mag 2.3
Phecda →mag 2.4
52Psi UMa →mag 3.0
Tania Australis →mag 3.1
Talitha →mag 3.1

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.3To see it no equipment neededLook toward Ursa Major

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.