F-type star · yellow-white star

Mirfak

506 lybrightness mag 1.79F5Ib

Also catalogued as 33Alp Per · HR 1017 · HD 20902 · HIP 15863

6,476 K

temperature

1.79

apparent magnitude

4,040× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F5Ib

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

506 years

at light speed from Earth

1.12×

as hot as the Sun

4,040×

the Sun's light output

-4.17

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

MirfakF-type

Sky regionPerseusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1029 →15 ly apart
HR 1037 →19 ly apart
HR 1034 →20 ly apart
HR 1056 →23 ly apart
34 Per →34 ly apart
39Del Per →34 ly apart

Bright stars in Perseus

44Zet Per →mag 2.8
45Eps Per →mag 2.9
23Gam Per →mag 2.9
39Del Per →mag 3.0
25Rho Per →mag 3.3
Miram →mag 3.8
41Nu Per →mag 3.8
Misam →mag 3.8

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 1.8To see it no equipment neededLook toward Perseus

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.