F-type star · yellow-white star

40 Boo

168 lybrightness mag 5.64F1III-IV

Also catalogued as HR 5588 · HD 132772 · HIP 73369

7,240 K

temperature

5.64

apparent magnitude

12.81× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F1III-IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

168 years

at light speed from Earth

1.25×

as hot as the Sun

12.81×

the Sun's light output

2.08

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

40 BooF-type

Sky regionBoötesthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 5716 →21 ly apart
Merga →22 ly apart
54Phi Boo →22 ly apart
HR 5347 →25 ly apart
33 Boo →27 ly apart
HR 5335 →31 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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.6To see it no equipment neededLook 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.