G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 159

50.2 lybrightness mag 5.57K1V+...

Also catalogued as HD 3443 · HIP 2941 · Gliese Gl 25A

5,551 K

temperature

5.57

apparent magnitude

1.22× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K1V+...

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

50 years

at light speed from Earth

0.96×

as hot as the Sun

1.22×

the Sun's light output

4.63

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 159G-type

Sky regionCetusthis direction

StarGliese Gl 25B0.43 ly

Nearest stars

Gliese Gl 25B →0.43 ly apart
19Phi2Cet →13 ly apart
6 Cet →15 ly apart
Nu Phe →19 ly apart
HR 209 →20 ly apart
HR 683 →20 ly apart

Bright stars in Cetus

Diphda →mag 2.0
Menkar →mag 2.5
31Eta Cet →mag 3.5
Kaffaljidhma →mag 3.5
52Tau Cet →mag 3.5
8Iot Cet →mag 3.6
45The Cet →mag 3.6
Baten Kaitos →mag 3.7

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.6To see it no equipment neededLook toward Cetus

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.