A-type star · white star

HR 5090

HR 5090 is a white star in the constellation Hydra 325 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,125 K, about 1.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 22.06× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 325 years ago.

325 lybrightness mag 6.48A1V

Also catalogued as HD 117558 · HIP 65969

9,125 K
temperature
6.48
apparent magnitude
22.06× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A1V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
325 years
at light speed from Earth
1.58×
as hot as the Sun
22.06×
the Sun's light output
1.49
absolute magnitude
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HR 5090A-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
Star47 Hya40 ly
Star3 Cen43 ly
StarHR 516745 ly
StarGamma Hyastar
StarZeta Hyastar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hydra

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.