B-type star · blue-white star

Del Cir

brightness mag 5.04O8.5V

Also catalogued as HR 5664 · HD 135240 · HIP 74778

11,200 K

temperature

5.04

apparent magnitude

83,945,999× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

O8.5V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

1.94×

as hot as the Sun

83,945,999×

the Sun's light output

-14.96

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Del CirB-type

Sky regionCircinusthis direction

StarHR 56802,900 ly

StarHR 56455,200 ly

StarHD 12909225,000 ly

StarXamistar

StarBet Cirstar

Nearest stars

HR 5680 →2,900 ly apart
HR 5645 →5,200 ly apart
HD 129092 →25,000 ly apart
HR 5621 →35,000 ly apart
HR 5403 →36,000 ly apart
HR 5281 →50,000 ly apart

Bright stars in Circinus

Xami →mag 3.2
Bet Cir →mag 4.1
Gam Cir →mag 4.5
Eps Cir →mag 4.8
The Cir →mag 5.1
Eta Cir →mag 5.2
Zet Cir →mag 6.1

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Circinus

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.