K-type star · orange

HR 1280

402 lybrightness mag 5.89K5III

Also catalogued as HD 26038 · HIP 19284

3,798 K

temperature

5.89

apparent magnitude

58.18× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K5III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

402 years

at light speed from Earth

0.66×

as hot as the Sun

58.18×

the Sun's light output

0.44

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 1280K-type

Sky regionTaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1284 →28 ly apart
73Pi Tau →40 ly apart
HR 1194 →41 ly apart
14 Tau →45 ly apart
HR 1315 →53 ly apart
HR 1110 →55 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.