A-type star · white star

HR 5030

HR 5030 is a white star in the constellation Musca 916 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,552 K, about 1.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 259× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 916 years ago.

916 lybrightness mag 6.06B6V

Also catalogued as HD 115967 · HIP 65289

9,552 K
temperature
6.06
apparent magnitude
259× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B6V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
916 years
at light speed from Earth
1.65×
as hot as the Sun
259×
the Sun's light output
-1.18
absolute magnitude
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HR 5030A-type
Sky regionMuscathis direction
StarHD 11391972 ly
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StarAlpha Musstar
StarBeta Musstar
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Bright stars in Musca
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Musca

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.