K-type star · orange

Mu 2Gru

265 lybrightness mag 5.11G8III

Also catalogued as HR 8488 · HD 211202 · HIP 109973

4,917 K

temperature

5.11

apparent magnitude

52.10× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

265 years

at light speed from Earth

0.85×

as hot as the Sun

52.10×

the Sun's light output

0.56

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Mu 2GruK-type

Sky regionGrusthis direction

Nearest stars

Mu 1Gru →9.5 ly apart
Nu Gru →26 ly apart
Lam Gru →26 ly apart
HR 8437 →41 ly apart
Rho Gru →41 ly apart
Sig1Gru →46 ly apart

Bright stars in Grus

Alnair →mag 1.7
Tiaki →mag 2.1
Aldhanab →mag 3.0
Eps Gru →mag 3.5
Iot Gru →mag 3.9
Del1Gru →mag 4.0
Zet Gru →mag 4.1
Del2Gru →mag 4.1

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.1To 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.