K-type star · orange

39 Cet

263 lybrightness mag 5.42G5III-IVe

Also catalogued as HR 373 · HD 7672 · HIP 5951

5,029 K

temperature

5.42

apparent magnitude

38.41× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G5III-IVe

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

263 years

at light speed from Earth

0.87×

as hot as the Sun

38.41×

the Sun's light output

0.89

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

39 CetK-type

Sky regionCetusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 406 →17 ly apart
89 Psc →32 ly apart
44 Cet →49 ly apart
HD 8713 →54 ly apart
27 Cet →56 ly apart
17Phi1Cet →57 ly apart

Bright stars in Cetus

Diphda →mag 2.0
Menkar →mag 2.5
31Eta Cet →mag 3.5
Kaffaljidhma →mag 3.5
52Tau Cet →mag 3.5
8Iot Cet →mag 3.6
45The Cet →mag 3.6
Baten Kaitos →mag 3.7

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.4To see it no equipment neededLook toward Cetus

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.