F-type star · yellow-white star

76Sig Cet

87.1 lybrightness mag 4.74F5V

Also catalogued as HR 740 · HD 15798 · HIP 11783

6,605 K

temperature

4.74

apparent magnitude

7.88× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F5V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

87 years

at light speed from Earth

1.14×

as hot as the Sun

7.88×

the Sun's light output

2.61

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

76Sig CetF-type

Sky regionCetusthis direction

StarGliese Gl 105.4B6.0 ly

Nearest stars

Gliese Gl 105.4B →6.0 ly apart
HR 692 →13 ly apart
11Tau3Eri →17 ly apart
Koeia →17 ly apart
83Eps Cet →18 ly apart
HR 784 →18 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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.7To 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.