A-type star · white star

12 Lyn

215 lybrightness mag 4.86A3V

Also catalogued as HR 2470 · HD 48250 · HIP 32438

9,185 K

temperature

4.86

apparent magnitude

42.93× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A3V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

215 years

at light speed from Earth

1.59×

as hot as the Sun

42.93×

the Sun's light output

0.77

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

12 LynA-type

Sky regionLynxthis direction

Nearest stars

13 Lyn →9.2 ly apart
18 Lyn →21 ly apart
47 Cam →32 ly apart
45 Aur →33 ly apart
HR 2291 →34 ly apart
26 Cam →35 ly apart

Bright stars in Lynx

40Alp Lyn →mag 3.1
38 Lyn →mag 3.8
Alsciaukat →mag 4.3
15 Lyn →mag 4.3
2 Lyn →mag 4.4
21 Lyn →mag 4.6
27 Lyn →mag 4.8
16 Lyn →mag 4.9

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Lynx

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.