F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 5128

HR 5128 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Hydra 151 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,719 K, about 1.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 8.85× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.8 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 151 years ago.

151 lybrightness mag 5.81F3V

Also catalogued as HD 118646 · HIP 66563

6,719 K
temperature
5.81
apparent magnitude
8.85× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F3V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
151 years
at light speed from Earth
1.16×
as hot as the Sun
8.85×
the Sun's light output
2.48
absolute magnitude
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HR 5128F-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
StarHR 509814 ly
StarHR 521223 ly
StarGamma Hya26 ly
StarZeta Hyastar
StarNu Hyastar
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Bright stars in Hydra
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.8To see it no equipment neededLook 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.