K-type star · orange

Eps Col

263 lybrightness mag 3.86K1II/III

Also catalogued as HR 1862 · HD 36597 · HIP 25859

4,451 K

temperature

3.86

apparent magnitude

162× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K1II/III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

263 years

at light speed from Earth

0.77×

as hot as the Sun

162×

the Sun's light output

-0.68

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Eps ColK-type

Sky regionColumbathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1881 →6.3 ly apart
Phact →10 ly apart
HR 1835 →25 ly apart
HR 2160 →33 ly apart
HR 1559 →38 ly apart
HR 1909 →40 ly apart

Bright stars in Columba

Phact →mag 2.6
Wazn →mag 3.1
Del Col →mag 3.9
Eta Col →mag 4.0
Gam Col →mag 4.4
Kap Col →mag 4.4
Omi Col →mag 4.8
Lam Col →mag 4.9

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 3.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Columba

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.