A-type star · white star

Kaffaljidhma

79.6 lybrightness mag 3.47A3V

Also catalogued as 86Gam Cet · HR 804 · HD 16970 · HIP 12706 · Gliese Gl 106.1A

9,096 K

temperature

3.47

apparent magnitude

21.24× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A3V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

80 years

at light speed from Earth

1.58×

as hot as the Sun

21.24×

the Sun's light output

1.53

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

KaffaljidhmaA-type

Sky regionCetusthis direction

StarGliese Gl 106.1B2.4 ly

Nearest stars

Gliese Gl 106.1B →2.4 ly apart
84 Cet →8.0 ly apart
HR 672 →9.0 ly apart
87Mu Cet →11 ly apart
94 Cet →13 ly apart
HR 784 →19 ly apart

Bright stars in Cetus

Diphda →mag 2.0
Menkar →mag 2.5
31Eta Cet →mag 3.5
52Tau Cet →mag 3.5
8Iot Cet →mag 3.6
45The Cet →mag 3.6
Baten Kaitos →mag 3.7
59Ups Cet →mag 4.0

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 3.5To see it no equipment neededLook 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.