G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

Zeta² Ret

Zeta² Ret is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Reticulum 39.2 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,968 K, and it shines at 1.01× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.2 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 39 years ago.

39.2 lybrightness mag 5.24G1V

Also catalogued as HR 1010 · HD 20807 · HIP 15371 · Gliese Gl 138

5,968 K

temperature

5.24

apparent magnitude

1.01× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G1V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

39 years

at light speed from Earth

1.03×

as hot as the Sun

1.01×

the Sun's light output

4.84

absolute magnitude

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Zeta² RetG-type

Sky regionReticulumthis direction

StarZeta¹ Ret0.099 ly

Nearest stars

Bright stars in Reticulum

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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.2To see it no equipment neededLook toward Reticulum

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.