G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

Gliese Gl 291B

54.4 lybrightness mag 6.17G4 V
5,778 K
temperature
6.17
apparent magnitude
0.82× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G4 V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
54 years
at light speed from Earth
1.00×
as hot as the Sun
0.82×
the Sun's light output
5.06
absolute magnitude
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Can you see it tonight?
BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Puppis

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.