Star · G3I
Mekbuda
Mekbuda is a supergiant star of spectral type G3I in the constellation Gemini, 1,061 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | ζ Gem · HIP 34088 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Gemini |
| Distance | 1,061 light-years (325.4 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 4.01 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude −3.55 |
| Spectral type | G3I |
| Surface temperature | 5,000 K |
| Luminosity | 3,100 L☉ |
| Radius | 74.2 R☉ |
| Mass | 9.03 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 7h 04m 06.5s |
| Declination (J2000) | +20° 34′ 13″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 12.1 km/s |
In the sky
Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 4.01). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 69° S. North of latitude 69° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in January, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 965. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 19 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Mekbuda, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.39, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Sagittarius. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.