K-type star · orange dwarf

Nu Cha

184 lybrightness mag 5.43G8III

Also catalogued as HR 3902 · HD 85396 · HIP 47956

4,994 K

temperature

5.43

apparent magnitude

18.72× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

184 years

at light speed from Earth

0.87×

as hot as the Sun

18.72×

the Sun's light output

1.67

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Nu ChaK-type

Sky regionChamaeleonthis direction

Nearest stars

Iot Cha →15 ly apart
HD 82458 →17 ly apart
HR 4509 →21 ly apart
HR 4385 →24 ly apart
HR 3777 →25 ly apart
The Cha →32 ly apart

Bright stars in Chamaeleon

Alp Cha →mag 4.0
Gam Cha →mag 4.1
Bet Cha →mag 4.2
The Cha →mag 4.3
Del2Cha →mag 4.5
Eps Cha →mag 4.9
Kap Cha →mag 5.0
Zet Cha →mag 5.1

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.4To see it no equipment neededLook toward Chamaeleon

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.