F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 4972

brightness mag 6.32F0II

Also catalogued as HD 114461 · HIP 64395

6,745 K

temperature

6.32

apparent magnitude

25,822,602× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F0II

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

1.17×

as hot as the Sun

25,822,602×

the Sun's light output

-13.68

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4972F-type

Sky regionCentaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

The Mus →12,000 ly apart
Kap Cru →21,000 ly apart
HR 4887 →21,000 ly apart
HR 4876 →22,000 ly apart
HR 4806 →30,000 ly apart
HR 4653 →37,000 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 6.3To 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.