K-type star · orange
8 UMi
4847 K
temperature
10.73 R☉
radius
1.51 M☉
mass
52.9 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 530 ly away
At light speed, about 530 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
10.73×
the Sun's width
1.51×
the Sun's mass
52.90×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Zoom out: system → (soon) galaxy arm, and the host black hole at the galaxy's heart.
Can you see it tonight?
BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.8To see it 50 mm binoculars
Illustration generated from 8 UMi's temperature, not a photograph.