B-type star · blue-white star

Mesarthim

164 lybrightness mag 3.88A1p Si

Also catalogued as 5Gam2Ari · HR 546 · HD 11502 · HIP 8832

10,752 K

temperature

3.88

apparent magnitude

61.83× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A1p Si

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

164 years

at light speed from Earth

1.86×

as hot as the Sun

61.83×

the Sun's light output

0.37

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

MesarthimB-type

Sky regionAriesthis direction

Nearest stars

10 Ari →20 ly apart
12Kap Ari →22 ly apart
21 Ari →22 ly apart
HR 484 →26 ly apart
HR 457 →29 ly apart
HR 728 →31 ly apart

Bright stars in Aries

Hamal →mag 2.0
Sheratan →mag 2.6
Bharani →mag 3.6
Botein →mag 4.3
Lilii Borea →mag 4.5
48Eps Ari →mag 4.6
35 Ari →mag 4.7
9Lam Ari →mag 4.8

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 3.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Aries

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.