K-type star · orange

42 Psc

502 lybrightness mag 6.25K3III

Also catalogued as HR 86 · HD 1796 · HIP 1772

4,260 K

temperature

6.25

apparent magnitude

65.16× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

502 years

at light speed from Earth

0.74×

as hot as the Sun

65.16×

the Sun's light output

0.32

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

42 PscK-type

Sky regionPiscesthis direction

Nearest stars

Citadelle →20 ly apart
HR 69 →22 ly apart
47 Psc →49 ly apart
HR 276 →76 ly apart
HD 2410 →83 ly apart
81Phi Peg →86 ly apart

Bright stars in Pisces

Alpherg →mag 3.6
6Gam Psc →mag 3.7
Alrescha →mag 3.8
28Ome Psc →mag 4.0
17Iot Psc →mag 4.1
Torcular →mag 4.3
71Eps Psc →mag 4.3
10The Psc →mag 4.3

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pisces

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.