A-type star · white star

38Nu Tau

117 lybrightness mag 3.91A1V

Also catalogued as HR 1251 · HD 25490 · HIP 18907

9,743 K

temperature

3.91

apparent magnitude

30.56× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A1V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

117 years

at light speed from Earth

1.69×

as hot as the Sun

30.56×

the Sun's light output

1.14

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

38Nu TauA-type

Sky regionTaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1254 →5.5 ly apart
45 Tau →5.7 ly apart
46 Tau →6.6 ly apart
HR 1257 →6.6 ly apart
HR 1233 →17 ly apart
HR 1099 →23 ly apart

Bright stars in Taurus

Elnath →mag 1.6
Alcyone →mag 2.9
Tianguan →mag 3.0
Chamukuy →mag 3.4
35Lam Tau →mag 3.4
Ain →mag 3.5
1Omi Tau →mag 3.6
Atlas →mag 3.6

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 3.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Taurus

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.