K-type star · orange

Xi Col

333 lybrightness mag 4.97K1IIICN...

Also catalogued as HR 2087 · HD 40176 · HIP 28010

4,510 K

temperature

4.97

apparent magnitude

93.24× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K1IIICN...

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

333 years

at light speed from Earth

0.78×

as hot as the Sun

93.24×

the Sun's light output

-0.07

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Xi ColK-type

Sky regionColumbathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2053 →12 ly apart
Lam Col →20 ly apart
HR 2316 →33 ly apart
HR 2263 →42 ly apart
HR 1909 →45 ly apart
HR 2307 →47 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
Kap Col →mag 4.4
Omi Col →mag 4.8

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.0To 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.