Star · star

Gliese Gl 656.1B

84.1 lybrightness mag 3.40A3 V

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temperature

3.40

apparent magnitude

25.30× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A3 V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

84 years

at light speed from Earth

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as hot as the Sun

25.30×

the Sun's light output

1.34

absolute magnitude

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Gliese Gl 656.1Bstar

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

Sabik →4.2 ly apart
HR 6269 →10.0 ly apart
44 Oph →14 ly apart
HR 6493 →23 ly apart
20 Oph →23 ly apart
HR 5996 →23 ly apart

Bright stars in Ophiuchus

Sabik →mag 2.4
13Zet Oph →mag 2.5
Yed Prior →mag 2.7
Cebalrai →mag 2.8
27Kap Oph →mag 3.2
Yed Posterior →mag 3.2
42The Oph →mag 3.3
64Nu Oph →mag 3.3

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 3.4To see it no equipment neededLook toward Ophiuchus

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.