A-type star · white star

40 LMi

158 lybrightness mag 5.51A4Vn

Also catalogued as HR 4189 · HD 92769 · HIP 52422

8,486 K

temperature

5.51

apparent magnitude

12.74× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A4Vn

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

158 years

at light speed from Earth

1.47×

as hot as the Sun

12.74×

the Sun's light output

2.09

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

40 LMiA-type

Sky regionLeo Minorthis direction

Nearest stars

35 LMi →28 ly apart
31Bet LMi →30 ly apart
Algieba →35 ly apart
38 LMi →36 ly apart
60 Leo →36 ly apart
51 Leo →36 ly apart

Bright stars in Leo Minor

Praecipua →mag 3.8
31Bet LMi →mag 4.2
21 LMi →mag 4.5
10 LMi →mag 4.5
37 LMi →mag 4.7
30 LMi →mag 4.7
41 LMi →mag 5.1
19 LMi →mag 5.1

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.5To see it no equipment neededLook toward Leo 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.