A-type star · white star

48Chi Boo

252 lybrightness mag 5.28A2V

Also catalogued as HR 5676 · HD 135502 · HIP 74596

9,412 K

temperature

5.28

apparent magnitude

40.33× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A2V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

252 years

at light speed from Earth

1.63×

as hot as the Sun

40.33×

the Sun's light output

0.84

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

48Chi BooA-type

Sky regionBoötesthis direction

Nearest stars

43Psi Boo →15 ly apart
1Omi CrB →19 ly apart
50 Boo →21 ly apart
9Pi CrB →32 ly apart
HR 5702 →35 ly apart
HR 5769 →37 ly apart

Bright stars in Boötes

Izar →mag 2.4
Muphrid →mag 2.7
Seginus →mag 3.0
49Del Boo →mag 3.5
Nekkar →mag 3.5
25Rho Boo →mag 3.6
30Zet Boo →mag 3.8
23The Boo →mag 4.0

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.3To see it no equipment neededLook toward Boötes

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.