G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Lambda² For
Lambda² For is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Fornax 84.1 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,767 K, and it shines at 2.82× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.8 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 84 years ago.
Also catalogued as HR 772 · HD 16417 · HIP 12186 · Gliese Gl 105.1
5,767 K
temperature
5.78
apparent magnitude
2.82× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G1V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
84 years
at light speed from Earth
1.00×
as hot as the Sun
2.82×
the Sun's light output
3.72
absolute magnitude
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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
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.