K-type star · orange

Eltanin

154 lybrightness mag 2.24K5III

Also catalogued as 33Gam Dra · HR 6705 · HD 164058 · HIP 87833

3,762 K

temperature

2.24

apparent magnitude

248× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K5III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

154 years

at light speed from Earth

0.65×

as hot as the Sun

248×

the Sun's light output

-1.13

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

EltaninK-type

Sky regionDracothis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6467 →30 ly apart
HR 6699 →32 ly apart
HR 6421 →36 ly apart
HR 6767 →37 ly apart
54 Dra →37 ly apart
HR 7154 →38 ly apart

Bright stars in Draco

Athebyne →mag 2.7
Rastaban →mag 2.8
Altais →mag 3.1
Aldhibah →mag 3.2
Edasich →mag 3.3
44Chi Dra →mag 3.5
Thuban →mag 3.7
Grumium →mag 3.7

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 2.2To see it no equipment neededLook toward Draco

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.