K-type star · orange

HR 587

476 lybrightness mag 5.43M3III

Also catalogued as HD 12292 · HIP 9372

3,965 K

temperature

5.43

apparent magnitude

125× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

M3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

476 years

at light speed from Earth

0.69×

as hot as the Sun

125×

the Sun's light output

-0.39

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 587K-type

Sky regionCetusthis direction

Nearest stars

72Rho Cet →63 ly apart
77 Cet →71 ly apart
80 Cet →73 ly apart
HD 11365 →74 ly apart
HR 611 →77 ly apart
HR 684 →83 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 5.4To 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.