K-type star · orange

HR 946

463 lybrightness mag 6.02K3III

Also catalogued as HD 19637 · HIP 14748

4,161 K

temperature

6.02

apparent magnitude

68.49× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

463 years

at light speed from Earth

0.72×

as hot as the Sun

68.49×

the Sun's light output

0.26

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 946K-type

Sky regionAriesthis direction

Nearest stars

56 Ari →40 ly apart
HR 978 →49 ly apart
7 Tau →57 ly apart
HD 19549 →59 ly apart
11 Tau →59 ly apart
HR 1019 →63 ly apart

Bright stars in Aries

Hamal →mag 2.0
Sheratan →mag 2.6
Bharani →mag 3.6
Mesarthim →mag 3.9
Botein →mag 4.3
Lilii Borea →mag 4.5
48Eps Ari →mag 4.6
35 Ari →mag 4.7

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Aries

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.