K-type star · orange

6 Eri

663 lybrightness mag 5.82K2III

Also catalogued as HR 889 · HD 18535 · HIP 13835

4,062 K

temperature

5.82

apparent magnitude

169× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

663 years

at light speed from Earth

0.70×

as hot as the Sun

169×

the Sun's light output

-0.72

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

6 EriK-type

Sky regionEridanusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 980 →54 ly apart
HR 703 →100 ly apart
Iot1For →120 ly apart
HR 1187 →150 ly apart
HR 1120 →150 ly apart
HR 957 →150 ly apart

Bright stars in Eridanus

Cursa →mag 2.8
Acamar →mag 2.9
Zaurak →mag 3.0
Rana →mag 3.5
41Ups4Eri →mag 3.5
Phi Eri →mag 3.6
Chi Eri →mag 3.7
16Tau4Eri →mag 3.7

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.8To see it no equipment neededLook toward Eridanus

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.