K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 857

33.8 lybrightness mag 6.05K1V

Also catalogued as HD 17925 · HIP 13402 · Gliese Gl 117

5,101 K

temperature

6.05

apparent magnitude

0.35× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K1V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

34 years

at light speed from Earth

0.88×

as hot as the Sun

0.35×

the Sun's light output

5.97

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 857K-type

Sky regionEridanusthis direction

Nearest stars

Rana →8.2 ly apart
96Kap1Cet →10 ly apart
HR 683 →13 ly apart
1Tau1Eri →13 ly apart
268 G. Cet →14 ly apart
10 Tau →17 ly apart

Bright stars in Eridanus

Cursa →mag 2.8
Acamar →mag 2.9
Zaurak →mag 3.0
Rana →mag 3.5
41Ups4Eri →mag 3.5
Phi Eri →mag 3.6
Chi Eri →mag 3.7
16Tau4Eri →mag 3.7

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Eridanus

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.