G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Uklun
Uklun is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Centaurus 129 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,531 K, and it shines at 1.41× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 7.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 129 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 102117 · HIP 57291
5,531 K
temperature
7.47
apparent magnitude
1.41× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G6V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
129 years
at light speed from Earth
0.96×
as hot as the Sun
1.41×
the Sun's light output
4.48
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.