K-type star · orange dwarf

HD 21242

168 lybrightness mag 6.47G5IV

Also catalogued as HIP 16042

5,045 K

temperature

6.47

apparent magnitude

5.99× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G5IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

168 years

at light speed from Earth

0.87×

as hot as the Sun

5.99×

the Sun's light output

2.91

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HD 21242K-type

Sky regionAriesthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 975 →18 ly apart
HR 1164 →20 ly apart
HR 916 →23 ly apart
Bharani →24 ly apart
HR 1188 →25 ly apart
Lilii Borea →25 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 6.5To 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.