K-type star · orange

HR 998

512 lybrightness mag 5.84K2III

Also catalogued as HD 20640 · HIP 15305

4,255 K

temperature

5.84

apparent magnitude

98.99× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

512 years

at light speed from Earth

0.74×

as hot as the Sun

98.99×

the Sun's light output

-0.14

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 998K-type

Sky regionHorologiumthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1021 →36 ly apart
HR 1167 →73 ly apart
HR 960 →75 ly apart
Kap Eri →75 ly apart
HR 1049 →76 ly apart
HR 1219 →88 ly apart

Bright stars in Horologium

Alp Hor →mag 3.9
Del Hor →mag 4.9
Bet Hor →mag 5.0
Mu Hor →mag 5.1
Zet Hor →mag 5.2
Nu Hor →mag 5.3
Eta Hor →mag 5.3
Lam Hor →mag 5.4

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.8To see it no equipment neededLook toward Horologium

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.