K-type star · orange

42 UMa

272 lybrightness mag 5.57K2III

Also catalogued as HR 4236 · HD 93875 · HIP 53064

4,389 K

temperature

5.57

apparent magnitude

35.97× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

272 years

at light speed from Earth

0.76×

as hot as the Sun

35.97×

the Sun's light output

0.96

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

42 UMaK-type

Sky regionUrsa Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 4388 →23 ly apart
HR 4286 →28 ly apart
HR 4391 →32 ly apart
32 UMa →35 ly apart
HR 4108 →45 ly apart
HR 3885 →45 ly apart

Bright stars in Ursa Major

Alioth →mag 1.8
Dubhe →mag 1.8
Alkaid →mag 1.9
Merak →mag 2.3
Phecda →mag 2.4
52Psi UMa →mag 3.0
Tania Australis →mag 3.1
Talitha →mag 3.1

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.6To see it no equipment neededLook toward Ursa Major

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.