G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

Alasia

Alasia is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Serpens 139 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,558 K, and it shines at 1.05× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 8.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 139 years ago.

139 lybrightness mag 7.95G5

Also catalogued as HD 168746 · HIP 90004

5,558 K
temperature
7.95
apparent magnitude
1.05× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
139 years
at light speed from Earth
0.96×
as hot as the Sun
1.05×
the Sun's light output
4.80
absolute magnitude
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AlasiaG-type
Sky regionSerpensthis direction
StarNu Oph19 ly
StarHR 660024 ly
StarHR 675627 ly
StarUnukalhaistar
StarEta Serstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Serpens
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 8.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Serpens

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.