K-type star · orange

Eta² Hyi

Eta² Hyi is an orange in the constellation Hydrus 219 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,915 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 52.63× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 4.7 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 219 years ago.

219 lybrightness mag 4.68G5III

Also catalogued as HR 570 · HD 11977 · HIP 8928

4,915 K
temperature
4.68
apparent magnitude
52.63× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
219 years
at light speed from Earth
0.85×
as hot as the Sun
52.63×
the Sun's light output
0.55
absolute magnitude
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Eta² HyiK-type
Sky regionHydrusthis direction
StarLambda² Tuc22 ly
StarLambda¹ Tuc25 ly
StarLambda Hyi34 ly
StarBeta Hyistar
StarAlpha Hyistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hydrus
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 4.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Hydrus

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.