K-type star · orange

HR 263

602 lybrightness mag 5.88K5III

Also catalogued as HD 5384 · HIP 4346

3,764 K

temperature

5.88

apparent magnitude

132× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K5III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

602 years

at light speed from Earth

0.65×

as hot as the Sun

132×

the Sun's light output

-0.45

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 263K-type

Sky regionCetusthis direction

Nearest stars

28 Cet →39 ly apart
22Phi3Cet →64 ly apart
20 Cet →66 ly apart
34 Cet →78 ly apart
12 Cet →81 ly apart
HR 46 →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 5.9To 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.