A-type star · white star

HR 5038

HR 5038 is a white star in the constellation Centaurus 988 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,313 K, about 1.4 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 270× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 988 years ago.

988 lybrightness mag 6.18A4V

Also catalogued as HD 116197 · HIP 65288

8,313 K
temperature
6.18
apparent magnitude
270× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A4V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
988 years
at light speed from Earth
1.44×
as hot as the Sun
270×
the Sun's light output
-1.23
absolute magnitude
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HR 5038A-type
Sky regionCentaurusthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To 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.