K-type star · orange

HR 1159

335 lybrightness mag 5.91G9III

Also catalogued as HD 23526 · HIP 17595

4,762 K

temperature

5.91

apparent magnitude

39.77× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G9III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

335 years

at light speed from Earth

0.83×

as hot as the Sun

39.77×

the Sun's light output

0.85

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 1159K-type

Sky regionTaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

6 Tau →29 ly apart
97Kap2Cet →42 ly apart
47 Tau →43 ly apart
5 Tau →43 ly apart
12 Tau →44 ly apart
4 Tau →45 ly apart

Bright stars in Taurus

Elnath →mag 1.6
Alcyone →mag 2.9
Tianguan →mag 3.0
Chamukuy →mag 3.4
35Lam Tau →mag 3.4
Ain →mag 3.5
1Omi Tau →mag 3.6
Atlas →mag 3.6

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Taurus

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.