G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

Mu¹ Gru

Mu¹ Gru is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Grus 275 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,311 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 75.02× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 4.8 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 275 years ago.

275 lybrightness mag 4.79G8III+...

Also catalogued as HR 8486 · HD 211088 · HIP 109908

5,311 K
temperature
4.79
apparent magnitude
75.02× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III+...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
275 years
at light speed from Earth
0.92×
as hot as the Sun
75.02×
the Sun's light output
0.16
absolute magnitude
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Mu¹ GruG-type
Sky regionGrusthis direction
StarMu² Gru9.5 ly
StarNu Gru19 ly
StarLambda Gru35 ly
StarAlnairstar
StarTiakistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Grus
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 4.8To see it no equipment neededLook toward Grus

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.