F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 638

155 lybrightness mag 6.00F5V

Also catalogued as HD 13456 · HIP 10215

6,786 K

temperature

6.00

apparent magnitude

7.86× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F5V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

155 years

at light speed from Earth

1.18×

as hot as the Sun

7.86×

the Sun's light output

2.61

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 638F-type

Sky regionCetusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 796 →23 ly apart
HR 466 →31 ly apart
66 Cet →32 ly apart
HR 492 →32 ly apart
HR 404 →32 ly apart
Azha →34 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 6.0To 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.