K-type star · orange

HR 5251

346 lybrightness mag 5.92G8/K0III

Also catalogued as HD 121853 · HIP 68333

4,848 K

temperature

5.92

apparent magnitude

42.07× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8/K0III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

346 years

at light speed from Earth

0.84×

as hot as the Sun

42.07×

the Sun's light output

0.79

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 5251K-type

Sky regionCentaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 5230 →13 ly apart
HD 119727 →29 ly apart
Iot Lup →34 ly apart
HR 5239 →36 ly apart
HR 5380 →37 ly apart
HR 5427 →39 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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook 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.