G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Bibha
Bibha is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Sextans 311 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,728 K, and it shines at 2.55× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 8.7 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 311 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 86081 · HIP 48711
5,728 K
temperature
8.73
apparent magnitude
2.55× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F8
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
311 years
at light speed from Earth
0.99×
as hot as the Sun
2.55×
the Sun's light output
3.83
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.