K-type star · orange

40Alp Lyn

203 lybrightness mag 3.14M0IIIvar

Also catalogued as HR 3705 · HD 80493 · HIP 45860

3,720 K

temperature

3.14

apparent magnitude

187× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

M0IIIvar

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

203 years

at light speed from Earth

0.64×

as hot as the Sun

187×

the Sun's light output

-0.83

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

40Alp LynK-type

Sky regionLynxthis direction

Nearest stars

59Sig2Cnc →20 ly apart
10 LMi →21 ly apart
51Sig1Cnc →24 ly apart
HR 3809 →25 ly apart
1Kap Leo →29 ly apart
67 Cnc →30 ly apart

Bright stars in Lynx

38 Lyn →mag 3.8
Alsciaukat →mag 4.3
15 Lyn →mag 4.3
2 Lyn →mag 4.4
21 Lyn →mag 4.6
27 Lyn →mag 4.8
12 Lyn →mag 4.9
16 Lyn →mag 4.9

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 3.1To see it no equipment neededLook toward Lynx

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.