G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Tau¹ Gru
Tau¹ Gru is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Grus 106 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,887 K, and it shines at 3.59× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 106 years ago.
Also catalogued as HR 8700 · HD 216435 · HIP 113044 · Gliese GJ 9802
5,887 K
temperature
6.03
apparent magnitude
3.59× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G3IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
106 years
at light speed from Earth
1.02×
as hot as the Sun
3.59×
the Sun's light output
3.46
absolute magnitude
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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.