F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 856

350 lybrightness mag 6.30F5III

Also catalogued as HD 17918 · HIP 13448

6,591 K

temperature

6.30

apparent magnitude

30.23× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F5III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

350 years

at light speed from Earth

1.14×

as hot as the Sun

30.23×

the Sun's light output

1.15

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 856F-type

Sky regionAriesthis direction

Nearest stars

45Rho2Ari →12 ly apart
36 Ari →19 ly apart
48Eps Ari →35 ly apart
32Nu Ari →41 ly apart
34Mu Ari →42 ly apart
HR 931 →45 ly apart

Bright stars in Aries

Hamal →mag 2.0
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

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.