M-type star · red

3 Cet

2,091 lybrightness mag 4.99K3Ibvar

Also catalogued as HR 9103 · HD 225212 · HIP 355

3,623 K

temperature

4.99

apparent magnitude

3,611× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K3Ibvar

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

2,091 years

at light speed from Earth

0.63×

as hot as the Sun

3,611×

the Sun's light output

-4.04

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

3 CetM-type

Sky regionCetusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 18 →320 ly apart
HD 2268 →600 ly apart
HR 8928 →650 ly apart
82 Aqr →800 ly apart
HR 8759 →800 ly apart
HR 8869 →800 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 5.0To 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.