K-type star · orange

Kap Col

183 lybrightness mag 4.37G8II

Also catalogued as HR 2256 · HD 43785 · HIP 29807

4,796 K

temperature

4.37

apparent magnitude

48.71× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8II

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

183 years

at light speed from Earth

0.83×

as hot as the Sun

48.71×

the Sun's light output

0.63

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Kap ColK-type

Sky regionColumbathis direction

Nearest stars

Amadioha →17 ly apart
HR 2265 →21 ly apart
HR 2353 →21 ly apart
HR 2558 →23 ly apart
HR 2068 →25 ly apart
HR 1981 →26 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
Omi Col →mag 4.8
Lam Col →mag 4.9

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.4To 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.