B-type star · blue-white star

HD 131491

1,832 lybrightness mag 6.39B5V

Also catalogued as HIP 73118

10,868 K

temperature

6.39

apparent magnitude

764× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B5V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,832 years

at light speed from Earth

1.88×

as hot as the Sun

764×

the Sun's light output

-2.36

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HD 131491B-type

Sky regionCircinusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 5661 →170 ly apart
HR 5527 →190 ly apart
HR 5379 →300 ly apart
HR 5836 →320 ly apart
The Cir →320 ly apart
HR 5637 →410 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
Del Cir →mag 5.0
The Cir →mag 5.1
Eta Cir →mag 5.2
Zet Cir →mag 6.1

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.