K-type star · orange

Eta Cir

276 lybrightness mag 5.16G8III

Also catalogued as HR 5593 · HD 132905 · HIP 73776

4,904 K

temperature

5.16

apparent magnitude

53.80× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

276 years

at light speed from Earth

0.85×

as hot as the Sun

53.80×

the Sun's light output

0.52

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Eta CirK-type

Sky regionCircinusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 5408 →36 ly apart
HR 5515 →37 ly apart
HR 5792 →38 ly apart
HR 5253 →42 ly apart
Iot2Nor →48 ly apart
HD 144481 →51 ly apart

Bright stars in Circinus

Xami →mag 3.2
Bet Cir →mag 4.1
Gam Cir →mag 4.5
Eps Cir →mag 4.8
Del Cir →mag 5.0
The Cir →mag 5.1
Zet Cir →mag 6.1

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.2To see it no equipment neededLook toward Circinus

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.