K-type star · orange

HR 285

280 lybrightness mag 4.24K2II-III

Also catalogued as HD 5848 · HIP 5372

4,283 K

temperature

4.24

apparent magnitude

129× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2II-III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

280 years

at light speed from Earth

0.74×

as hot as the Sun

129×

the Sun's light output

-0.43

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 285K-type

Sky regionCepheusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 240 →14 ly apart
HR 8546 →27 ly apart
HR 333 →33 ly apart
HR 7930 →36 ly apart
HR 1304 →38 ly apart
HR 8702 →40 ly apart

Bright stars in Cepheus

Alderamin →mag 2.5
Errai →mag 3.2
Alfirk →mag 3.2
21Zet Cep →mag 3.4
3Eta Cep →mag 3.4
32Iot Cep →mag 3.5
27Del Cep →mag 4.1
23Eps Cep →mag 4.2

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.2To see it no equipment neededLook toward Cepheus

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.