K-type star · orange

99 Tau

456 lybrightness mag 5.79G8III:

Also catalogued as HR 1586 · HD 31553 · HIP 23068

4,495 K

temperature

5.79

apparent magnitude

82.04× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8III:

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

456 years

at light speed from Earth

0.78×

as hot as the Sun

82.04×

the Sun's light output

0.07

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

99 TauK-type

Sky regionTaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1642 →36 ly apart
HR 1633 →38 ly apart
HR 1455 →54 ly apart
HR 1585 →59 ly apart
118 Tau →63 ly apart
94Tau Tau →64 ly apart

Bright stars in Taurus

Elnath →mag 1.6
Alcyone →mag 2.9
Tianguan →mag 3.0
Chamukuy →mag 3.4
35Lam Tau →mag 3.4
Ain →mag 3.5
1Omi Tau →mag 3.6
Atlas →mag 3.6

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.8To see it no equipment neededLook toward Taurus

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.