HIP 107 vs HIP 343

Placed side by side HIP 107 would outshine HIP 343 about 4.2 times over. To the unaided eye HIP 107 leads at magnitude +5.53 to +5.78, a gap of 0.25 worth about 1.3 times the light of HIP 343. Catalogues list HIP 107 as an M-type star and HIP 343 as a K-type star. Distance divides them sharply — 543 light-years to HIP 107 against 296 for HIP 343.