K-type star · orange

Shimu

189 lybrightness mag 4.08K1II

Also catalogued as 34Zet And · HR 215 · HD 4502 · HIP 3693

4,515 K

temperature

4.08

apparent magnitude

68.36× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K1II

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

189 years

at light speed from Earth

0.78×

as hot as the Sun

68.36×

the Sun's light output

0.26

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

ShimuK-type

Sky regionAndromedathis direction

Nearest stars

61 Psc →11 ly apart
28 And →28 ly apart
30Eps And →30 ly apart
83Tau Psc →32 ly apart
72 Psc →35 ly apart
79Psi2Psc →39 ly apart

Bright stars in Andromeda

Alpheratz →mag 2.1
Mirach →mag 2.1
Almach →mag 2.1
31Del And →mag 3.3
Nembus →mag 3.6
Alfarasalkamil →mag 3.6
Udkadua →mag 3.8
37Mu And →mag 3.9

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.1To see it no equipment neededLook toward Andromeda

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.