A-type star · white star

HD 101205

HD 101205 is a white star in the constellation Centaurus. Its surface is about 9,619 K, about 1.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 22,698,649× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars.

brightness mag 6.46O8var

Also catalogued as HIP 56769

9,619 K
temperature
6.46
apparent magnitude
22,698,649× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
O8var
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
–
at light speed from Earth
1.67×
as hot as the Sun
22,698,649×
the Sun's light output
-13.54
absolute magnitude
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HD 101205A-type
Sky regionCentaurusthis direction
StarHD 1015454,800 ly
StarHD 999535,900 ly
StarHR 45116,000 ly
StarMenkentstar
StarGamma Censtar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Centaurus
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To 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.