F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 1557

171 lybrightness mag 6.06F1III-IV

Also catalogued as HD 30985 · HIP 22488

6,838 K

temperature

6.06

apparent magnitude

9.06× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F1III-IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

171 years

at light speed from Earth

1.18×

as hot as the Sun

9.06×

the Sun's light output

2.46

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 1557F-type

Sky regionCaelumthis direction

Nearest stars

Gam1Cae →22 ly apart
Del Hor →24 ly apart
HR 1877 →26 ly apart
41Ups4Eri →31 ly apart
HR 1981 →31 ly apart
HR 1189 →37 ly apart

Bright stars in Caelum

Alp Cae →mag 4.4
Gam1Cae →mag 4.5
Bet Cae →mag 5.0
Del Cae →mag 5.1
Gam2Cae →mag 6.3
Zet Cae →mag 6.3

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Caelum

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.