K-type star · orange

46 Cet

288 lybrightness mag 4.90K2III

Also catalogued as HR 412 · HD 8705 · HIP 6670

4,249 K

temperature

4.90

apparent magnitude

74.27× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

288 years

at light speed from Earth

0.74×

as hot as the Sun

74.27×

the Sun's light output

0.17

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

46 CetK-type

Sky regionCetusthis direction

Nearest stars

HD 6037 →34 ly apart
27 Cet →38 ly apart
HR 547 →41 ly apart
HR 227 →45 ly apart
HR 206 →49 ly apart
HR 473 →50 ly apart

Bright stars in Cetus

Diphda →mag 2.0
Menkar →mag 2.5
31Eta Cet →mag 3.5
Kaffaljidhma →mag 3.5
52Tau Cet →mag 3.5
8Iot Cet →mag 3.6
45The Cet →mag 3.6
Baten Kaitos →mag 3.7

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Cetus

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.