G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 3881

HR 3881 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Ursa Major 59.9 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,894 K, and it shines at 2.73× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.1 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 60 years ago.

59.9 lybrightness mag 5.08G2V

Also catalogued as HD 84737 · HIP 48113 · Gliese Gl 368

5,894 K
temperature
5.08
apparent magnitude
2.73× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G2V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
60 years
at light speed from Earth
1.02×
as hot as the Sun
2.73×
the Sun's light output
3.76
absolute magnitude
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Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.1To see it no equipment neededLook toward Ursa Major

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.