K-type star · orange

HR 1721

497 lybrightness mag 5.75G8III

Also catalogued as HD 34266 · HIP 24426

4,721 K

temperature

5.75

apparent magnitude

101× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

497 years

at light speed from Earth

0.82×

as hot as the Sun

101×

the Sun's light output

-0.17

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 1721K-type

Sky regionColumbathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1766 →31 ly apart
HR 1966 →53 ly apart
HR 2009 →68 ly apart
HR 1813 →76 ly apart
HR 2082 →78 ly apart
HR 1947 →79 ly apart

Bright stars in Columba

Phact →mag 2.6
Wazn →mag 3.1
Del Col →mag 3.9
Eps Col →mag 3.9
Eta Col →mag 4.0
Gam Col →mag 4.4
Kap Col →mag 4.4
Omi Col →mag 4.8

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.8To see it no equipment neededLook toward Columba

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.