F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 5148

HR 5148 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Ursa Major 82.6 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,226 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1.67× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 83 years ago.

82.6 lybrightness mag 6.31F7.7V

Also catalogued as HD 119124 · HIP 66704 · Gliese Gl 521.2A

6,226 K

temperature

6.31

apparent magnitude

1.67× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F7.7V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

83 years

at light speed from Earth

1.08×

as hot as the Sun

1.67×

the Sun's light output

4.29

absolute magnitude

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Sky regionUrsa Majorthis direction

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Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Ursa Major

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.