G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Alsafi
Alsafi is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Draco 18.8 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,323 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 0.39× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 4.7 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 19 years ago.
Also catalogued as Sigma Dra · HR 7462 · HD 185144 · HIP 96100 · Gliese Gl 764
5,323 K
temperature
4.67
apparent magnitude
0.39× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
19 years
at light speed from Earth
0.92×
as hot as the Sun
0.39×
the Sun's light output
5.87
absolute magnitude
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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
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.