K-type star · orange

Hamal

65.8 lybrightness mag 2.01K2III

Also catalogued as 13Alp Ari · HR 617 · HD 12929 · HIP 9884 · Gliese Gl 84.3

4,407 K

temperature

2.01

apparent magnitude

55.67× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

66 years

at light speed from Earth

0.76×

as hot as the Sun

55.67×

the Sun's light output

0.49

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HamalK-type

Sky regionAriesthis direction

Nearest stars

Mothallah →8.1 ly apart
Sheratan →8.3 ly apart
93Rho Psc →21 ly apart
64 Psc →26 ly apart
12 Per →26 ly apart
87Mu Cet →28 ly apart

Bright stars in Aries

Sheratan →mag 2.6
Bharani →mag 3.6
Mesarthim →mag 3.9
Botein →mag 4.3
Lilii Borea →mag 4.5
48Eps Ari →mag 4.6
35 Ari →mag 4.7
9Lam Ari →mag 4.8

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 2.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Aries

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.