K-type star · orange

HR 247

558 lybrightness mag 5.47K1III

Also catalogued as HD 5098 · HIP 4104

4,167 K

temperature

5.47

apparent magnitude

166× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K1III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

558 years

at light speed from Earth

0.72×

as hot as the Sun

166×

the Sun's light output

-0.70

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 247K-type

Sky regionCetusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 102 →61 ly apart
HR 138 →70 ly apart
HD 9151 →83 ly apart
HD 6403 →97 ly apart
HR 61 →100 ly apart
HR 172 →110 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 5.5To 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.