G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

Keid

16.3 lybrightness mag 4.43K1V

Also catalogued as 40Omi2Eri · HR 1325 · HD 26965 · HIP 19849 · Gliese Gl 166A

5,221 K

temperature

4.43

apparent magnitude

0.37× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K1V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

16 years

at light speed from Earth

0.90×

as hot as the Sun

0.37×

the Sun's light output

5.94

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

KeidG-type

Sky regionEridanusthis direction

Nearest stars

Ran →6.3 ly apart
Ross 614 →9.0 ly apart
52Tau Cet →10 ly apart
Kapteyn's Star →10 ly apart
Tabit →12 ly apart
82 G. Eri →12 ly apart

Bright stars in Eridanus

Cursa →mag 2.8
Acamar →mag 2.9
Zaurak →mag 3.0
Rana →mag 3.5
41Ups4Eri →mag 3.5
Phi Eri →mag 3.6
Chi Eri →mag 3.7
16Tau4Eri →mag 3.7

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.4To see it no equipment neededLook toward Eridanus

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.