A-type star · white star

44 Cet

220 lybrightness mag 6.21F0V

Also catalogued as HR 401 · HD 8511 · HIP 6539

7,902 K

temperature

6.21

apparent magnitude

13.03× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F0V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

220 years

at light speed from Earth

1.37×

as hot as the Sun

13.03×

the Sun's light output

2.06

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

44 CetA-type

Sky regionCetusthis direction

StarBaten Kaitos32 ly

Nearest stars

Baten Kaitos →32 ly apart
HR 406 →36 ly apart
49 Cet →39 ly apart
17Phi1Cet →42 ly apart
HR 394 →45 ly apart
26 Cet →45 ly apart

Bright stars in Cetus

Diphda →mag 2.0
Menkar →mag 2.5
31Eta Cet →mag 3.5
Kaffaljidhma →mag 3.5
52Tau Cet →mag 3.5
8Iot Cet →mag 3.6
45The Cet →mag 3.6
Baten Kaitos →mag 3.7

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cetus

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.