F-type star · yellow-white star

42Psi Sgr

298 lybrightness mag 4.86K0/K1III+..

Also catalogued as HR 7292 · HD 179950 · HIP 94643

6,092 K

temperature

4.86

apparent magnitude

82.95× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K0/K1III+..

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

298 years

at light speed from Earth

1.06×

as hot as the Sun

82.95×

the Sun's light output

0.05

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

42Psi SgrF-type

Sky regionSagittariusthis direction

StarHR 736024 ly

Star51 Sgr25 ly

Star35Nu 2Sgr36 ly

StarKaus Australisstar

StarNunkistar

Nearest stars

HR 7360 →24 ly apart
51 Sgr →25 ly apart
35Nu 2Sgr →36 ly apart
53 Sgr →39 ly apart
HR 7195 →43 ly apart
HR 7159 →46 ly apart

Bright stars in Sagittarius

Kaus Australis →mag 1.8
Nunki →mag 2.0
Ascella →mag 2.6
Kaus Media →mag 2.7
Kaus Borealis →mag 2.8
Albaldah →mag 2.9
Alnasl →mag 3.0
Eta Sgr →mag 3.1

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Sagittarius

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.