G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

Mu 2Oct

144 lybrightness mag 6.51G1V

Also catalogued as HR 7864 · HD 196067 · HIP 102125

5,890 K

temperature

6.51

apparent magnitude

4.25× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G1V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

144 years

at light speed from Earth

1.02×

as hot as the Sun

4.25×

the Sun's light output

3.28

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Mu 2OctG-type

Sky regionOctansthis direction

Nearest stars

Alp Oct →5.9 ly apart
HR 7498 →12 ly apart
HR 6994 →19 ly apart
HD 192887 →22 ly apart
Bet Oct →22 ly apart
Psi Oct →24 ly apart

Bright stars in Octans

Nu Oct →mag 3.7
Bet Oct →mag 4.1
Del Oct →mag 4.3
The Oct →mag 4.8
Eps Oct →mag 5.1
Gam1Oct →mag 5.1
Alp Oct →mag 5.1
Lam Oct →mag 5.3

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Octans

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.