A-type star · white star

42 Per

268 lybrightness mag 5.14A3V

Also catalogued as HR 1177 · HD 23848 · HIP 17886

9,466 K

temperature

5.14

apparent magnitude

51.86× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A3V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

268 years

at light speed from Earth

1.64×

as hot as the Sun

51.86×

the Sun's light output

0.56

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

42 PerA-type

Sky regionPerseusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1133 →32 ly apart
HR 1390 →39 ly apart
HD 23822 →47 ly apart
28Ome Per →53 ly apart
HR 1170 →55 ly apart
59Chi Tau →55 ly apart

Bright stars in Perseus

Mirfak →mag 1.8
44Zet Per →mag 2.8
45Eps Per →mag 2.9
23Gam Per →mag 2.9
39Del Per →mag 3.0
25Rho Per →mag 3.3
Miram →mag 3.8
41Nu Per →mag 3.8

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.1To see it no equipment neededLook toward Perseus

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.