G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

HR 1296

1,400 lybrightness mag 6.06A4III

Also catalogued as HD 26553 · HIP 19823

5,968 K

temperature

6.06

apparent magnitude

604× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A4III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,400 years

at light speed from Earth

1.03×

as hot as the Sun

604×

the Sun's light output

-2.10

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 1296G-type

Sky regionCamelopardalisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1270 →63 ly apart
HR 1205 →120 ly apart
HR 1333 →350 ly apart
HR 829 →360 ly apart
HR 1072 →370 ly apart
HR 792 →400 ly apart

Bright stars in Camelopardalis

10Bet Cam →mag 4.0
9Alp Cam →mag 4.3
7 Cam →mag 4.4
Gam Cam →mag 4.6
3 Cam →mag 5.1
43 Cam →mag 5.1
42 Cam →mag 5.1
31 Cam →mag 5.2

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Camelopardalis

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.