A-type star · white star

HR 3606

238 lybrightness mag 6.46A8V

Also catalogued as HD 77660 · HIP 44574

7,859 K

temperature

6.46

apparent magnitude

12.04× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A8V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

238 years

at light speed from Earth

1.36×

as hot as the Sun

12.04×

the Sun's light output

2.15

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 3606A-type

Sky regionCancerthis direction

StarAsellus Australisstar

Nearest stars

Stribor →14 ly apart
51Sig1Cnc →29 ly apart
HR 3586 →33 ly apart
HR 3546 →33 ly apart
HR 3360 →37 ly apart
40Alp Lyn →38 ly apart

Bright stars in Cancer

Tarf →mag 3.5
Asellus Australis →mag 3.9
48Iot Cnc →mag 4.0
Acubens →mag 4.3
Asellus Borealis →mag 4.7
Tegmine →mag 4.7
18Chi Cnc →mag 5.1
8 Cnc →mag 5.1

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cancer

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.