K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 495

188 lybrightness mag 6.33K2IV

Also catalogued as HD 10486 · HIP 8044

4,695 K

temperature

6.33

apparent magnitude

8.54× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

188 years

at light speed from Earth

0.81×

as hot as the Sun

8.54×

the Sun's light output

2.52

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 495K-type

Sky regionAndromedathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 518 →5.3 ly apart
Nembus →16 ly apart
41 And →22 ly apart
HR 418 →22 ly apart
44 And →28 ly apart
Adhil →29 ly apart

Bright stars in Andromeda

Alpheratz →mag 2.1
Mirach →mag 2.1
Almach →mag 2.1
31Del And →mag 3.3
Nembus →mag 3.6
Alfarasalkamil →mag 3.6
Udkadua →mag 3.8
37Mu And →mag 3.9

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Andromeda

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.