F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 492

129 lybrightness mag 5.75F5V+...

Also catalogued as HD 10453 · HIP 7916

6,659 K

temperature

5.75

apparent magnitude

6.79× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F5V+...

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

129 years

at light speed from Earth

1.15×

as hot as the Sun

6.79×

the Sun's light output

2.77

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 492F-type

Sky regionCetusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 466 →5.8 ly apart
47 Cet →11 ly apart
45The Cet →19 ly apart
31Eta Cet →19 ly apart
66 Cet →27 ly apart
HR 404 →28 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 5.8To 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.