A-type star · white star

60 Cet

281 lybrightness mag 5.42A5III

Also catalogued as HR 607 · HD 12573 · HIP 9589

8,606 K

temperature

5.42

apparent magnitude

43.89× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A5III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

281 years

at light speed from Earth

1.49×

as hot as the Sun

43.89×

the Sun's light output

0.74

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

60 CetA-type

Sky regionCetusthis direction

Nearest stars

70 Cet →30 ly apart
HR 732 →34 ly apart
HR 527 →48 ly apart
Torcular →49 ly apart
HR 406 →56 ly apart
98Mu Psc →57 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 5.4To 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.