K-type star · orange

HR 842

391 lybrightness mag 5.86G8III

Also catalogued as HD 17656 · HIP 13339

4,988 K

temperature

5.86

apparent magnitude

56.70× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

391 years

at light speed from Earth

0.86×

as hot as the Sun

56.70×

the Sun's light output

0.47

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 842K-type

Sky regionPerseusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 956 →28 ly apart
64 And →39 ly apart
63 And →41 ly apart
65 And →43 ly apart
HD 18878 →45 ly apart
HR 923 →49 ly apart

Bright stars in Perseus

Mirfak →mag 1.8
44Zet Per →mag 2.8
45Eps Per →mag 2.9
23Gam Per →mag 2.9
39Del Per →mag 3.0
25Rho Per →mag 3.3
Miram →mag 3.8
41Nu Per →mag 3.8

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Perseus

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.