G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

Quadrans

40.8 lybrightness mag 4.83G2V + G2V

Also catalogued as 44 Boo · HR 5618 · HD 133640 · HIP 73695 · Gliese Gl 575A

5,789 K

temperature

4.83

apparent magnitude

1.59× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G2V + G2V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

41 years

at light speed from Earth

1.00×

as hot as the Sun

1.59×

the Sun's light output

4.34

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

QuadransG-type

Sky regionBoötesthis direction

StarGliese Gl 575B0.81 ly

Nearest stars

Gliese Gl 575B →0.81 ly apart
23The Boo →8.8 ly apart
HR 5256 →13 ly apart
1Chi Her →14 ly apart
Gliese Gl 635B →17 ly apart
40Zet Her →17 ly apart

Bright stars in Boötes

Izar →mag 2.4
Muphrid →mag 2.7
Seginus →mag 3.0
49Del Boo →mag 3.5
Nekkar →mag 3.5
25Rho Boo →mag 3.6
30Zet Boo →mag 3.8
23The Boo →mag 4.0

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.8To see it no equipment neededLook toward Boötes

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.