K-type star · orange

HR 1222

1,042 lybrightness mag 6.19K0

Also catalogued as HD 24802 · HIP 18508

3,997 K

temperature

6.19

apparent magnitude

297× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,042 years

at light speed from Earth

0.69×

as hot as the Sun

297×

the Sun's light output

-1.33

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 1222K-type

Sky regionTaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

36 Tau →96 ly apart
62 Tau →170 ly apart
Atik →180 ly apart
HR 1286 →180 ly apart
HR 1297 →180 ly apart
40 Per →180 ly apart

Bright stars in Taurus

Elnath →mag 1.6
Alcyone →mag 2.9
Tianguan →mag 3.0
Chamukuy →mag 3.4
35Lam Tau →mag 3.4
Ain →mag 3.5
1Omi Tau →mag 3.6
Atlas →mag 3.6

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Taurus

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.