F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 5550

155 lybrightness mag 6.41F6III

Also catalogued as HD 131473 · HIP 72846

6,092 K

temperature

6.41

apparent magnitude

5.40× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F6III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

155 years

at light speed from Earth

1.06×

as hot as the Sun

5.40×

the Sun's light output

3.02

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 5550F-type

Sky regionBoötesthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 5473 →15 ly apart
30Zet Boo →23 ly apart
HR 5740 →30 ly apart
26 Boo →32 ly apart
18Tau5Ser →33 ly apart
HR 5392 →34 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.