G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

Hoerikwaggo

Hoerikwaggo is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Mensa 33.3 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,554 K, and it shines at 0.84× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.1 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 33 years ago.

33.3 lybrightness mag 5.08G5V

Also catalogued as Alpha Men · HR 2261 · HD 43834 · HIP 29271 · Gliese Gl 231

5,554 K
temperature
5.08
apparent magnitude
0.84× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
33 years
at light speed from Earth
0.96×
as hot as the Sun
0.84×
the Sun's light output
5.04
absolute magnitude
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
HoerikwaggoG-type
Sky regionMensathis direction
StarZeta Dor12 ly
StarBeta Hyi13 ly
StarZeta¹ Ret13 ly
StarGamma Menstar
StarBeta Menstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Mensa
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.1To see it no equipment neededLook toward Mensa

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.