G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Buna
Buna is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Andromeda 189 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,757 K, and it shines at 3.57× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 7.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 189 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 16175 · HIP 12191
5,757 K
temperature
7.28
apparent magnitude
3.57× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
189 years
at light speed from Earth
1.00×
as hot as the Sun
3.57×
the Sun's light output
3.47
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.