K-type star · orange

HR 172

478 lybrightness mag 6.49G8III

Also catalogued as HD 3794 · HIP 3175

4,970 K

temperature

6.49

apparent magnitude

47.34× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

478 years

at light speed from Earth

0.86×

as hot as the Sun

47.34×

the Sun's light output

0.66

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 172K-type

Sky regionCetusthis direction

Nearest stars

7 Cet →61 ly apart
21 Cet →83 ly apart
HD 224349 →92 ly apart
22Phi3Cet →93 ly apart
HR 174 →100 ly apart
HR 9029 →100 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.