K-type star · orange

HR 1579

473 lybrightness mag 5.71G8/K0III

Also catalogued as HD 31414 · HIP 22860

4,858 K

temperature

5.71

apparent magnitude

95.41× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8/K0III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

473 years

at light speed from Earth

0.84×

as hot as the Sun

95.41×

the Sun's light output

-0.10

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 1579K-type

Sky regionEridanusthis direction

Nearest stars

1 Lep →52 ly apart
HR 1693 →54 ly apart
HR 1431 →56 ly apart
HD 35137 →59 ly apart
HR 1367 →75 ly apart
HR 1762 →82 ly apart

Bright stars in Eridanus

Cursa →mag 2.8
Acamar →mag 2.9
Zaurak →mag 3.0
Rana →mag 3.5
41Ups4Eri →mag 3.5
Phi Eri →mag 3.6
Chi Eri →mag 3.7
16Tau4Eri →mag 3.7

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Eridanus

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.