Star · star
Kaewkosin
Kaewkosin is a star in the constellation Cancer 75.9 ly from Earth. At magnitude 12.3 it is within reach of 4-6" (100-150 mm) telescope; the light you see left it 76 years ago.
Also catalogued as Gliese GJ 3470
–
temperature
12.33
apparent magnitude
0.006× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
m
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
76 years
at light speed from Earth
–
as hot as the Sun
0.006×
the Sun's light output
10.50
absolute magnitude
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Nearest stars
Can you see it tonight?
SMALL TELESCOPE NEEDED
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.