K-type star · orange

Eta Col

472 lybrightness mag 3.96K0III

Also catalogued as HR 2120 · HD 40808 · HIP 28328

4,417 K

temperature

3.96

apparent magnitude

476× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K0III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

472 years

at light speed from Earth

0.77×

as hot as the Sun

476×

the Sun's light output

-1.84

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Eta ColK-type

Sky regionColumbathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2008 →36 ly apart
HR 2082 →43 ly apart
HR 1947 →47 ly apart
HR 1813 →52 ly apart
HR 1927 →62 ly apart
HR 2407 →67 ly apart

Bright stars in Columba

Phact →mag 2.6
Wazn →mag 3.1
Del Col →mag 3.9
Eps Col →mag 3.9
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 4.0To 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.