A-type star · white star

HR 118

173 lybrightness mag 5.17A3V

Also catalogued as HD 2696 · HIP 2381

8,766 K

temperature

5.17

apparent magnitude

21.01× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A3V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

173 years

at light speed from Earth

1.52×

as hot as the Sun

21.01×

the Sun's light output

1.54

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 118A-type

Sky regionCetusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 151 →15 ly apart
HR 66 →22 ly apart
HR 9095 →36 ly apart
HR 190 →39 ly apart
HR 115 →42 ly apart
Del Scl →45 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 5.2To 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.