G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Alkalurops B
Alkalurops B is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Boötes 118 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,968 K, and it shines at 2.82× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 118 years ago.
Also catalogued as Mu² Boo · HR 5734 · HD 137392 · HIP 75415 · Gliese GJ 3904B
5,968 K
temperature
6.51
apparent magnitude
2.82× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G1V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
118 years
at light speed from Earth
1.03×
as hot as the Sun
2.82×
the Sun's light output
3.73
absolute magnitude
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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.