G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

Uúba

Uúba is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Sculptor 251 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,236 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 0.63× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 9.8 it is within reach of 4-6" (100-150 mm) telescope; the light you see left it 251 years ago.

251 lybrightness mag 9.79G8

Also catalogued as HIP 117883

5,236 K
temperature
9.79
apparent magnitude
0.63× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
251 years
at light speed from Earth
0.91×
as hot as the Sun
0.63×
the Sun's light output
5.36
absolute magnitude
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
UúbaG-type
Sky regionSculptorthis direction
StarIota Phe27 ly
StarHR 907733 ly
StarHR 900134 ly
StarAlpha Sclstar
StarBeta Sclstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Sculptor
Can you see it tonight?
SMALL TELESCOPE NEEDED
Brightness mag 9.8To see it 4-6" (100-150 mm) telescopeLook toward Sculptor

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.