K-type star · orange

Algedi

106 lybrightness mag 3.58G6/G8III

Also catalogued as 6Alp2Cap · HR 7754 · HD 192947 · HIP 100064

5,042 K

temperature

3.58

apparent magnitude

33.92× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G6/G8III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

106 years

at light speed from Earth

0.87×

as hot as the Sun

33.92×

the Sun's light output

1.02

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

AlgediK-type

Sky regionCapricornusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 7855 →7.7 ly apart
11Rho Cap →13 ly apart
2Xi 2Cap →16 ly apart
HR 7454 →19 ly apart
51 Aql →19 ly apart
42 Aql →23 ly apart

Bright stars in Capricornus

Deneb Algedi →mag 2.9
Dabih →mag 3.0
Nashira →mag 3.7
34Zet Cap →mag 3.8
23The Cap →mag 4.1
18Ome Cap →mag 4.1
16Psi Cap →mag 4.1
32Iot Cap →mag 4.3

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 3.6To see it no equipment neededLook toward Capricornus

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.