M-type star · red

HR 46

582 lybrightness mag 5.13M3IIIvar

Also catalogued as HD 1014 · HIP 1158

3,648 K

temperature

5.13

apparent magnitude

246× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

M3IIIvar

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

582 years

at light speed from Earth

0.63×

as hot as the Sun

246×

the Sun's light output

-1.13

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 46M-type

Sky regionCetusthis direction

Nearest stars

12 Cet →57 ly apart
HR 11 →59 ly apart
HR 9040 →67 ly apart
HR 10 →99 ly apart
1 Cet →100 ly apart
HR 94 →100 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 5.1To 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.