G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

Gliese Gl 822.1B

Gliese Gl 822.1B is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Cygnus 68.2 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,968 K, and it shines at 1.03× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 68 years ago.

68.2 lybrightness mag 6.42G0 V
5,968 K
temperature
6.42
apparent magnitude
1.03× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G0 V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
68 years
at light speed from Earth
1.03×
as hot as the Sun
1.03×
the Sun's light output
4.82
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cygnus

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.