K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 406

249 lybrightness mag 6.17G8III

Also catalogued as HD 8599 · HIP 6605

4,843 K

temperature

6.17

apparent magnitude

17.28× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

249 years

at light speed from Earth

0.84×

as hot as the Sun

17.28×

the Sun's light output

1.76

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 406K-type

Sky regionCetusthis direction

Nearest stars

39 Cet →17 ly apart
89 Psc →29 ly apart
44 Cet →36 ly apart
Baten Kaitos →44 ly apart
17Phi1Cet →56 ly apart
60 Cet →56 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.