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K star comparison table

Subject	has right ascension	has spectral type	has declination	is part of	is an instance of	has V magnitude	has been observ	has symbol	has B-V magnitude	has distance	has prototype	is usually part of	is a kind of	has apparent magnitude	has emission line	has synonym	has definition	has luminosity class
Aldebaran	4 35 55.2	K5III	+16 30 33	Milky Way	naked eye star	0.85	for many centuries		1.54	21 parsecs		asterism		brighter than 5		HR 1457	A K5 III subgiant (a foreground star in the Hyades). It has a faint M2 V companion. It is now known to be slowly and irregularly variable.	III
Alpha Antliae	10 27 09.1	K4III	-31 04 04	Milky Way	naked eye star	4.25	for many centuries		1.45			asterism		brighter than 5		HR 4104		III
Alpha Apodis	14 47 51.6	K2.5III	-79 02 41	Milky Way	naked eye star	3.83	for many centuries		1.43			asterism		brighter than 5		HR 5470		III
Alpha Arietis	02 07 10.3	K2IIIabCa-I	+23 27 45	Milky Way	naked eye star	2.00	for many centuries		1.15			asterism		brighter than 5		HR 617		III
Alpha Cassiopeiae	0 40 30.4	K0III	+56 32 15	Milky Way	naked eye star	2.23	for many centuries		1.17			asterism		brighter than 5		HR 168		III
Alpha Horologii	04 14 00.1	K1III	-42 17 40	Milky Way	naked eye star	3.86	for many centuries		1.10			asterism		brighter than 5		HR 1326		III
Alpha Hydrae	9 27 35.2	K3II-III	-8 39 31	Milky Way	naked eye star	1.98	for many centuries		1.44			asterism		brighter than 5		Alphard		II
Alpha Indi	20 37 34.0	K0IIICNIII-IV	-47 17 29	Milky Way	naked eye star	3.11	for many centuries		1.00			asterism		brighter than 5		HR 7869		III
Alpha Lyncis	9 21 3.2	K7IIIab	+34 23 33	Milky Way	naked eye star	3.13	for many centuries		1.55			asterism		brighter than 5		HR 3705		II
Alpha Monocerotis	07 41 14.8	K0III	-09 33 04	Milky Way	naked eye star	3.93	for many centuries		1.02			asterism		brighter than 5		HR 2970		III
Alpha Phoenicis	0 26 17.0	K0III	-42 18 22	Milky Way	naked eye star	2.39	for many centuries		1.09			asterism		brighter than 5		HR 99		III
Alpha Scuti	18 35 12.3	K3III-IIIb	-08 14 39	Milky Way	naked eye star	3.85	for many centuries		1.33			asterism		brighter than 5		HR 6973		III
Alpha Serpentis	15 44 16.0	K2IIIbCN1Fe414	+6 25 32	Milky Way	naked eye star	2.65	for many centuries		1.17			asterism		brighter than 5		HR 5854		III
Alpha Trianguli Australis	16 48 39.9	K2IIb-IIIa	-69 01 40	Milky Way	naked eye star	1.92	for many centuries		1.44			asterism		brighter than 5		HR 6217		II
Alpha Tucanae	22 18 30.1	K3III	-60 15 35	Milky Way	naked eye star	2.86	for many centuries		1.39			asterism		brighter than 5		HR 8502		III
Arcturus	14 15 39.6	K1IIIbCN-1	+19 10 57	Milky Way	naked eye star	-0.04	for many centuries		1.23			asterism		brighter than 5		HR 5340	An old subgiant disk star (K2 IIIp, mv = 0.06) about 11 pc distant.	II
Beta Arae	17 25 17.9	K3Ib-IIa	-55 31 47	Milky Way	naked eye star	2.85	for many centuries		1.46			asterism		brighter than 5		HR 6461		I
Beta Cancri	8 16 30.9	K4IIIBa0.5	+ 9 11 8	Milky Way	naked eye star	3.52	for many centuries		1.48			asterism		brighter than 5		HR 3249		III
Beta Ceti	0 43 35.3	K0IIICH-1H,K-0	-17 59 12	Milky Way	naked eye star	2.04	for many centuries		1.02			asterism		brighter than 5		HR 188		III
Beta Volantis	8 25 44.3	K1III	-66 8 13	Milky Way	naked eye star	3.77	for many centuries		1.13			asterism		brighter than 5		HR 3347		III
dKe star		dKe star, dMe star						d			UV Ceti		K star		hydrogen	main sequence star	K dwarf with hydrogen emission lines.	V
Epsilon Eri		K2 V		Eridanus	dwarf			d		3.30 pc				4		main sequence star	In 1973 van de Kamp announced that this star has a planet-like object in orbit around it at a distance of about 8 AU and with a period of about 25 years.	V
Epsilon Pegasi	21 44 11.1	K2Ib	+9 52 30	Milky Way	naked eye star	2.39	for many centuries		1.53			asterism		brighter than 5		HR 8308		I
Gamma Draconis	17 56 36.3	K5III	+51 29 20	Milky Way	naked eye star	2.23	for many centuries		1.52			asterism		brighter than 5		HR 6705		III
HR 4247	10 53 18.6	K0III-IV	+34 12 53	Milky Way	naked eye star	3.83	for many centuries		1.04			asterism		brighter than 5				III
Nu Octantis	21 41 28.6	K0III	-77 23 24	Milky Way	naked eye star	3.76	for many centuries		1.00			asterism		brighter than 5		HR 8254		III
Pollux	7 45 18.9	K0IIIb	+28 1 34	Milky Way	naked eye star	1.14	for many centuries		1.00	11 pc		asterism		brighter than 5		HR 2990	A K0 III star.	II

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