Star · star

HR 5171

2,416 lybrightness mag 6.40A7V

Also catalogued as HD 119796 · HIP 67261

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temperature

6.40

apparent magnitude

1,316× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A7V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

2,416 years

at light speed from Earth

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as hot as the Sun

1,316×

the Sun's light output

-2.95

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 5171star

Sky regionCentaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 5379 →470 ly apart
HR 5308 →470 ly apart
HR 4841 →500 ly apart
HR 4820 →530 ly apart
HR 4702 →530 ly apart
HR 5151 →540 ly apart

Bright stars in Centaurus

Menkent →mag 2.1
Gam Cen →mag 2.2
Eps Cen →mag 2.3
Eta Cen →mag 2.3
Leepwal →mag 2.5
Del Cen →mag 2.6
Kulou →mag 2.8
Lam Cen →mag 3.1

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Centaurus

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.