G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

Nenque

Nenque is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Phoenix 135 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,917 K, and it shines at 1.22× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 7.7 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 135 years ago.

135 lybrightness mag 7.72G3IV

Also catalogued as HD 6434 · HIP 5054 · Gliese GJ 9037

5,917 K

temperature

7.72

apparent magnitude

1.22× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G3IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

135 years

at light speed from Earth

1.03×

as hot as the Sun

1.22×

the Sun's light output

4.64

absolute magnitude

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NenqueG-type

Sky regionPhoenixthis direction

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Bright stars in Phoenix

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BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 7.7To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Phoenix

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.