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Gliese Gl 106.1B

Gliese Gl 106.1B is a star in the constellation Cetus 82.0 ly from Earth. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 82 years ago.

82.0 lybrightness mag 6.30dF3

–

temperature

6.30

apparent magnitude

1.66× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

dF3

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

82 years

at light speed from Earth

–

as hot as the Sun

1.66×

the Sun's light output

4.30

absolute magnitude

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Gliese Gl 106.1Bstar

Sky regionCetusthis direction

StarKaffaljidhma2.4 ly

Nearest stars

Kaffaljidhma →2.4 ly apart
HR 672 →9.5 ly apart
84 Cet →9.9 ly apart
Mu Cet →10 ly apart
94 Cet →14 ly apart
HR 784 →20 ly apart

Bright stars in Cetus

Diphda →mag 2.0
Menkar →mag 2.5
Eta Cet →mag 3.5
Kaffaljidhma →mag 3.5
Tau Cet →mag 3.5
Iota Cet →mag 3.6
Theta Cet →mag 3.6
Baten Kaitos →mag 3.7

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BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cetus

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.