A-type star · white star

HR 5558

254 lybrightness mag 5.32A0V

Also catalogued as HD 131625 · HIP 73049

9,585 K

temperature

5.32

apparent magnitude

39.26× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A0V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

254 years

at light speed from Earth

1.66×

as hot as the Sun

39.26×

the Sun's light output

0.86

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 5558A-type

Sky regionCentaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

Phi1Lup →34 ly apart
Psi Cen →37 ly apart
HR 5357 →37 ly apart
HR 5682 →38 ly apart
HR 5489 →41 ly apart
HR 5399 →45 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 5.3To 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.