G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 2251

62.8 lybrightness mag 5.70G0.5Vb

Also catalogued as HD 43587 · HIP 29860 · Gliese Gl 231.1A

5,929 K

temperature

5.70

apparent magnitude

1.69× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G0.5Vb

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

63 years

at light speed from Earth

1.03×

as hot as the Sun

1.69×

the Sun's light output

4.28

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2251G-type

Sky regionOrionthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2208 →7.3 ly apart
74 Ori →7.9 ly apart
Alzirr →12 ly apart
71 Ori →17 ly apart
HR 2007 →17 ly apart
111 Tau →23 ly apart

Bright stars in Orion

Hatysa →mag 2.8
Tabit →mag 3.2
28Eta Ori →mag 3.4
Meissa →mag 3.4
20Tau Ori →mag 3.6
3Pi 4Ori →mag 3.7
8Pi 5Ori →mag 3.7
48Sig Ori →mag 3.8

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Orion

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.