K-type star · orange

Rho For

269 lybrightness mag 5.52G6III

Also catalogued as HR 1184 · HD 23940 · HIP 17738

4,809 K

temperature

5.52

apparent magnitude

36.68× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G6III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

269 years

at light speed from Earth

0.83×

as hot as the Sun

36.68×

the Sun's light output

0.94

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Rho ForK-type

Sky regionFornaxthis direction

Nearest stars

28Tau7Eri →34 ly apart
HR 1082 →43 ly apart
15 Eri →48 ly apart
Beemim →50 ly apart
19Tau5Eri →51 ly apart
HR 1300 →52 ly apart

Bright stars in Fornax

Dalim →mag 3.8
Bet For →mag 4.5
Nu For →mag 4.7
Ome For →mag 5.0
Del For →mag 5.0
Phi For →mag 5.1
Kap For →mag 5.2
Mu For →mag 5.3

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.5To see it no equipment neededLook toward Fornax

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.