G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HU Aqr

Also on: Stars in Aquarius

627 ly2 known planetsbrightness mag 16.2
5952 K
temperature
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radius
0.88 M☉
mass
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luminosity
How long to get there · 627 ly away

At light speed, about 627 years to reach this system.

See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →

Size unknown: no measured radius for this star.

How it compares with our Sun
1.03×
as hot as the Sun
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the Sun's width
0.88×
the Sun's mass
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the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
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Zoom out: system → (soon) galaxy arm, and the host black hole at the galaxy's heart.

Can you see it tonight?
NOT VISUALLY OBSERVABLE
Brightness mag 16.2To see it beyond backyard telescopes

Illustration generated from HU Aqr's temperature, not a photograph.