K-type star · orange

47 Aur

611 lybrightness mag 5.88K4III

Also catalogued as HR 2338 · HD 45466 · HIP 30972

3,873 K

temperature

5.88

apparent magnitude

136× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K4III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

611 years

at light speed from Earth

0.67×

as hot as the Sun

136×

the Sun's light output

-0.48

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

47 AurK-type

Sky regionAurigathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2434 →89 ly apart
HR 1979 →93 ly apart
HR 2737 →100 ly apart
HR 2137 →100 ly apart
HR 2025 →110 ly apart
HR 2147 →120 ly apart

Bright stars in Auriga

Menkalinan →mag 1.9
Mahasim →mag 2.6
Hassaleh →mag 2.7
Almaaz →mag 3.0
Haedus →mag 3.2
Saclateni →mag 3.7
33Del Aur →mag 3.7
32Nu Aur →mag 4.0

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Auriga

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.