A-type star · white star

24 UMi

153 lybrightness mag 5.78A2m

Also catalogued as HR 6811 · HD 166926 · HIP 85699

7,873 K

temperature

5.78

apparent magnitude

9.33× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A2m

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

153 years

at light speed from Earth

1.36×

as hot as the Sun

9.33×

the Sun's light output

2.42

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

24 UMiA-type

Sky regionUrsa Minorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 4686 →9.2 ly apart
HR 5596 →18 ly apart
Yildun →19 ly apart
HR 1107 →22 ly apart
HR 6173 →25 ly apart
HR 4683 →26 ly apart

Bright stars in Ursa Minor

Kochab →mag 2.1
Pherkad →mag 3.0
22Eps UMi →mag 4.2
5 UMi →mag 4.3
16Zet UMi →mag 4.3
Yildun →mag 4.3
4 UMi →mag 4.8
21Eta UMi →mag 5.0

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.8To see it no equipment neededLook toward Ursa Minor

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.