G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

96Kap1Cet

29.8 lybrightness mag 4.84G5Vvar

Also catalogued as HR 996 · HD 20630 · HIP 15457 · Gliese Gl 137

5,667 K

temperature

4.84

apparent magnitude

0.84× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G5Vvar

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

30 years

at light speed from Earth

0.98×

as hot as the Sun

0.84×

the Sun's light output

5.04

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

96Kap1CetG-type

Sky regionCetusthis direction

Nearest stars

Rana →7.4 ly apart
268 G. Cet →8.3 ly apart
HR 857 →10 ly apart
Tabit →12 ly apart
HR 1614 →14 ly apart
107 Psc →15 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 4.8To 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.