Star · star

42Alp Com

46.7 lybrightness mag 5.17F5 V

Also catalogued as HR 4969 · HD 114379 · Gliese Gl 501B

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temperature

5.17

apparent magnitude

1.53× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F5 V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

47 years

at light speed from Earth

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as hot as the Sun

1.53×

the Sun's light output

4.39

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

42Alp Comstar

Sky regionComa Berenicesthis direction

Nearest stars

4Tau Boo →8.7 ly apart
HD 115404 →11 ly apart
Diadem →11 ly apart
HR 4864 →12 ly apart
Muphrid →12 ly apart
59 Vir →13 ly apart

Bright stars in Coma Berenices

43Bet Com →mag 4.2
Diadem →mag 4.3
15Gam Com →mag 4.3
36 Com →mag 4.8
12 Com →mag 4.8
Phyllon Kissinou →mag 4.8
41 Com →mag 4.8
37 Com →mag 4.9

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.2To see it no equipment neededLook toward Coma Berenices

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.