F-type star · yellow-white star

13 Cet

69.3 lybrightness mag 5.20F8V...

Also catalogued as HR 142 · HD 3196 · HIP 2762 · Gliese Gl 23A

6,100 K

temperature

5.20

apparent magnitude

3.27× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F8V...

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

69 years

at light speed from Earth

1.06×

as hot as the Sun

3.27×

the Sun's light output

3.56

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

13 CetF-type

Sky regionCetusthis direction

StarGliese Gl 23B0.67 ly

Nearest stars

Gliese Gl 23B →0.67 ly apart
9 Cet →11 ly apart
37 Cet →15 ly apart
6 Cet →17 ly apart
19Phi2Cet →20 ly apart
94 Aqr →25 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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.2To see it no equipment neededLook 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.