G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 2141

HR 2141 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Auriga 83.6 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,968 K, and it shines at 2.04× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 84 years ago.

83.6 lybrightness mag 6.12G0V

Also catalogued as HD 41330 · HIP 28908 · Gliese Gl 226.3

5,968 K
temperature
6.12
apparent magnitude
2.04× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G0V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
84 years
at light speed from Earth
1.03×
as hot as the Sun
2.04×
the Sun's light output
4.08
absolute magnitude
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
HR 2141G-type
Sky regionAurigathis direction
StarMenkalinan14 ly
StarHD 3363216 ly
StarHD 4065021 ly
StarMahasimstar
StarHassalehstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Auriga
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Auriga

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.