F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 1242

2,038 lybrightness mag 5.00F0II

Also catalogued as HD 25291 · HIP 19018

6,412 K

temperature

5.00

apparent magnitude

3,401× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F0II

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

2,038 years

at light speed from Earth

1.11×

as hot as the Sun

3,401×

the Sun's light output

-3.98

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 1242F-type

Sky regionCamelopardalisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1112 →110 ly apart
HR 1035 →190 ly apart
HR 1009 →260 ly apart
HR 1720 →350 ly apart
HR 861 →430 ly apart
HR 1040 →500 ly apart

Bright stars in Camelopardalis

10Bet Cam →mag 4.0
9Alp Cam →mag 4.3
7 Cam →mag 4.4
Gam Cam →mag 4.6
3 Cam →mag 5.1
43 Cam →mag 5.1
42 Cam →mag 5.1
31 Cam →mag 5.2

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Camelopardalis

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.