K-type star · orange

HR 1987

298 lybrightness mag 5.78G8III

Also catalogued as HD 38527 · HIP 27280

5,029 K

temperature

5.78

apparent magnitude

35.42× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

298 years

at light speed from Earth

0.87×

as hot as the Sun

35.42×

the Sun's light output

0.98

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 1987K-type

Sky regionOrionthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2076 →20 ly apart
32 Ori →28 ly apart
HR 1807 →30 ly apart
135 Tau →32 ly apart
HR 1819 →33 ly apart
38 Ori →39 ly apart

Bright stars in Orion

Hatysa →mag 2.8
Tabit →mag 3.2
28Eta Ori →mag 3.4
Meissa →mag 3.4
20Tau Ori →mag 3.6
3Pi 4Ori →mag 3.7
8Pi 5Ori →mag 3.7
48Sig Ori →mag 3.8

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.8To see it no equipment neededLook toward Orion

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.