K-type star · orange

44Kap Aur

177 lybrightness mag 4.32G8IIIvar

Also catalogued as HR 2219 · HD 43039 · HIP 29696

4,693 K

temperature

4.32

apparent magnitude

47.95× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8IIIvar

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

177 years

at light speed from Earth

0.81×

as hot as the Sun

47.95×

the Sun's light output

0.65

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

44Kap AurK-type

Sky regionAurigathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2122 →25 ly apart
Mahasim →27 ly apart
1 Gem →29 ly apart
34The Gem →31 ly apart
Lucilinburhuc →34 ly apart
39 Gem →36 ly apart

Bright stars in Auriga

Menkalinan →mag 1.9
Mahasim →mag 2.6
Hassaleh →mag 2.7
Almaaz →mag 3.0
Haedus →mag 3.2
Saclateni →mag 3.7
33Del Aur →mag 3.7
32Nu Aur →mag 4.0

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.3To see it no equipment neededLook toward Auriga

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.