K-type star · orange dwarf

3Eta Cep

46.5 lybrightness mag 3.41K0IV

Also catalogued as HR 7957 · HD 198149 · HIP 102422 · Gliese Gl 807

4,964 K

temperature

3.41

apparent magnitude

7.66× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K0IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

47 years

at light speed from Earth

0.86×

as hot as the Sun

7.66×

the Sun's light output

2.64

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

3Eta CepK-type

Sky regionCepheusthis direction

Nearest stars

Alderamin →4.1 ly apart
HR 7783 →12 ly apart
Errai →17 ly apart
HR 6518 →17 ly apart
26 Dra →18 ly apart
HR 9038 →18 ly apart

Bright stars in Cepheus

Alderamin →mag 2.5
Errai →mag 3.2
Alfirk →mag 3.2
21Zet Cep →mag 3.4
32Iot Cep →mag 3.5
27Del Cep →mag 4.1
23Eps Cep →mag 4.2
2The Cep →mag 4.2

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 3.4To see it no equipment neededLook toward Cepheus

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.