F-type star · yellow-white star

18Chi Cnc

59.6 lybrightness mag 5.13F6V

Also catalogued as HR 3262 · HD 69897 · HIP 40843 · Gliese Gl 303

6,448 K

temperature

5.13

apparent magnitude

2.58× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F6V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

60 years

at light speed from Earth

1.12×

as hot as the Sun

2.58×

the Sun's light output

3.82

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

18Chi CncF-type

Sky regionCancerthis direction

StarAsellus Australisstar

Nearest stars

62Rho Gem →12 ly apart
Castor B →13 ly apart
HR 3625 →14 ly apart
Wasat →15 ly apart
Gliese Gl 332B →18 ly apart
HR 3579 →18 ly apart

Bright stars in Cancer

Tarf →mag 3.5
Asellus Australis →mag 3.9
48Iot Cnc →mag 4.0
Acubens →mag 4.3
Asellus Borealis →mag 4.7
Tegmine →mag 4.7
8 Cnc →mag 5.1
Nahn →mag 5.2

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.1To see it no equipment neededLook toward Cancer

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.