K-type star · orange

45The Cet

114 lybrightness mag 3.60K0III

Also catalogued as HR 402 · HD 8512 · HIP 6537

4,592 K

temperature

3.60

apparent magnitude

38.51× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K0III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

114 years

at light speed from Earth

0.80×

as hot as the Sun

38.51×

the Sun's light output

0.89

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

45The CetK-type

Sky regionCetusthis direction

Nearest stars

47 Cet →13 ly apart
31Eta Cet →13 ly apart
HR 448 →18 ly apart
HR 492 →19 ly apart
HR 466 →19 ly apart
18 Cet →23 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
Baten Kaitos →mag 3.7
59Ups Cet →mag 4.0

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 3.6To see it no equipment neededLook 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.