Star
Mirfak
Mirfak is a yellow-white star 506 light-years away, seen as it was 506 years ago, shining 4 040 times as bright as the Sun.
The brightest star in Perseus, outshining Algol. It lies in the midst of the Alpha Persei Cluster, which is easily visible in binoculars.
See it live
It is on the live 3D map, where it really is.
Key facts
- Distance
- 506 light-years
- Brightness from Earth
- magnitude 1.79
- Spectral type
- F5Ib
- Catalogue
- HIP 15863
See it from here
Bright enough to see with your own eyes from a dark place.
How the map draws it
Drawn as a point of light, sized by how bright it looks from where you are — the kind of thing, not this exact one.