<p>The sun is a yellow dwarf star, so looking at any yellow dwarf star in the night sky will give a good example. Alpha Centauri A is also a yellow dwarf, albeit a little bigger than the sun, so our view of it should be similar to the view of our sun from Alpha Centauri.</p>
<p>From <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/images/alpha-centauri-a-triple-star-system-about-4-light-years-from-earth.html" rel="noreferrer">NASA's page on it</a>, here is a lovely image:</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/BaR5N.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/BaR5N.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>

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And for everyone wondering, how bright would it be, and where in the night sky would I find the Sun, [this website](https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-blogs/explore-night-bob-king/see-the-sun-from-other-stars/) has answers for several more or less nearby star systems. From Alpha Centauri, the Sun would be a pretty conspicuous star in the Cassiopeia constellation.
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@sebastian-koppehel thanks for 
https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-blogs/explore-night-bob-king/see-the-sun-from-other-stars/
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Rory Alsop
<p>I came across an <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-the-sun-looks-like-from-other-planets_n_577ec142e4b0344d514e9182" rel="nofollow noreferrer">article</a> that shows how the Sun looks from other planets of our solar system.</p>
<p>Now I am wondering, how does our Sun look from an exoplanet? I am guessing it must be looking like a 'star', but I wanted some reference to support that.</p>

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For what it's worth: The answer on [this question](https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/17419/most-distant-photo-of-the-sun) shows the most distant photo ever taken of the Sun.  And it's still not nearly far enough to look like what other stars look like to us.
Darrel Hoffman
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https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/1062/a
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@darrel-hoffman Thanks for information and linking https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/17419/m
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What would our Sun look like from other solar systems?
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# What would our Sun look like from other solar systems?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-11-01)

I came across an [article](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-the-sun-looks-like-from-other-planets_n_577ec142e4b0344d514e9182) that shows how the Sun looks from other planets of our solar system.

Now I am wondering, how does our Sun look from an exoplanet? I am guessing it must be looking like a 'star', but I wanted some reference to support that.

**Tags:** star, the-sun, solar-system

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: For what it's worth: The answer on [this question](https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/17419/most-distant-photo-of-the-sun) shows the most distant photo ever taken of the Sun.  And it's still not nearly far enough to look like what other stars look like to us.  
> **username_0**: https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/1062/a  
> **username_0**: @darrel-hoffman Thanks for information and linking https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/17419/m  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2022-11-01. Score: 9 | Accepted answer

The sun is a yellow dwarf star, so looking at any yellow dwarf star in the night sky will give a good example. Alpha Centauri A is also a yellow dwarf, albeit a little bigger than the sun, so our view of it should be similar to the view of our sun from Alpha Centauri.

From [NASA's page on it](https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/images/alpha-centauri-a-triple-star-system-about-4-light-years-from-earth.html), here is a lovely image:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/BaR5N.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/BaR5N.jpg)

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: And for everyone wondering, how bright would it be, and where in the night sky would I find the Sun, [this website](https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-blogs/explore-night-bob-king/see-the-sun-from-other-stars/) has answers for several more or less nearby star systems. From Alpha Centauri, the Sun would be a pretty conspicuous star in the Cassiopeia constellation.  
> **username_0**: @sebastian-koppehel thanks for  https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-blogs/explore-night-bob-king/see-the-sun-from-other-stars/  

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