A-type star · white star

Matza

319 lybrightness mag 7.01A2V

Also catalogued as HD 116434 · HIP 65426

9,096 K

temperature

7.01

apparent magnitude

13.12× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A2V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

319 years

at light speed from Earth

1.58×

as hot as the Sun

13.12×

the Sun's light output

2.06

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

MatzaA-type

Sky regionCentaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 4951 →20 ly apart
HD 113537 →32 ly apart
HR 4872 →33 ly apart
HD 119727 →35 ly apart
HR 4888 →39 ly apart
HR 5239 →40 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 7.0To 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.