B-type star · blue-white star

82Del Cet

650 lybrightness mag 4.08B2IV

Also catalogued as HR 779 · HD 16582 · HIP 12387

13,881 K

temperature

4.08

apparent magnitude

806× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

650 years

at light speed from Earth

2.40×

as hot as the Sun

806×

the Sun's light output

-2.42

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

82Del CetB-type

Sky regionCetusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 795 →41 ly apart
HR 616 →100 ly apart
HR 719 →110 ly apart
HR 877 →110 ly apart
93 Cet →120 ly apart
HR 983 →130 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 4.1To 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.