G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

Liesma

Liesma is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Ursa Major 289 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,605 K, and it shines at 4.12× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 8.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 289 years ago.

289 lybrightness mag 8.05K0

Also catalogued as HD 118203 · HIP 66192

5,605 K
temperature
8.05
apparent magnitude
4.12× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
289 years
at light speed from Earth
0.97×
as hot as the Sun
4.12×
the Sun's light output
3.31
absolute magnitude
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LiesmaG-type
Sky regionUrsa Majorthis direction
Star84 UMa10 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 8.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.