K-type star · orange

HR 1421

308 lybrightness mag 5.95K2III

Also catalogued as HD 28479 · HIP 20892

4,280 K

temperature

5.95

apparent magnitude

32.45× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

308 years

at light speed from Earth

0.74×

as hot as the Sun

32.45×

the Sun's light output

1.07

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 1421K-type

Sky regionEridanusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1513 →20 ly apart
HR 1353 →27 ly apart
HR 1410 →27 ly apart
HR 1274 →34 ly apart
HR 1581 →47 ly apart
HR 1461 →47 ly apart

Bright stars in Eridanus

Cursa →mag 2.8
Acamar →mag 2.9
Zaurak →mag 3.0
Rana →mag 3.5
41Ups4Eri →mag 3.5
Phi Eri →mag 3.6
Chi Eri →mag 3.7
16Tau4Eri →mag 3.7

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Eridanus

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.