K-type star · orange

42Ome Gem

1,489 lybrightness mag 5.20G5II

Also catalogued as HR 2630 · HD 52497 · HIP 33927

4,858 K

temperature

5.20

apparent magnitude

1,511× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G5II

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,489 years

at light speed from Earth

0.84×

as hot as the Sun

1,511×

the Sun's light output

-3.10

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

42Ome GemK-type

Sky regionGeminithis direction

Nearest stars

Mekbuda →150 ly apart
HR 2951 →240 ly apart
40 Gem →300 ly apart
HD 54986 →350 ly apart
HR 2967 →380 ly apart
HR 2840 →390 ly apart

Bright stars in Gemini

Pollux →mag 1.2
Alhena →mag 1.9
Castor B →mag 2.9
Tejat →mag 2.9
Mebsuta →mag 3.1
Propus →mag 3.3
Alzirr →mag 3.4
Wasat →mag 3.5

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.2To see it no equipment neededLook toward Gemini

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.