F-type star · yellow-white star

53Chi Cet

75.6 lybrightness mag 4.66F3III

Also catalogued as HR 531 · HD 11171 · HIP 8497 · Gliese GJ 9061A

7,258 K

temperature

4.66

apparent magnitude

6.40× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

76 years

at light speed from Earth

1.26×

as hot as the Sun

6.40×

the Sun's light output

2.83

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

53Chi CetF-type

Sky regionCetusthis direction

Nearest stars

37 Cet →12 ly apart
83Eps Cet →17 ly apart
HR 784 →17 ly apart
76Sig Cet →20 ly apart
HR 672 →20 ly apart
Kap For →20 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 4.7To 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.