G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

82 G. Eri

82 G. Eri is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Eridanus 19.7 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,564 K, and it shines at 0.63× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 4.3 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 20 years ago.

19.7 lybrightness mag 4.26G8V

Also catalogued as HR 1008 · HD 20794 · HIP 15510 · Gliese Gl 139

5,564 K
temperature
4.26
apparent magnitude
0.63× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
20 years
at light speed from Earth
0.96×
as hot as the Sun
0.63×
the Sun's light output
5.35
absolute magnitude
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
82 G. EriG-type
Sky regionEridanusthis direction
StarKapteyn's Star8.9 ly
Starp Eridani9.9 ly
Starp Eridani11 ly
StarCursastar
StarAcamarstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Eridanus
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 4.3To see it no equipment neededLook toward Eridanus

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.