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HR 5171
HR 5171 is a star in the constellation Centaurus 2,416 ly from Earth. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 2,416 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 119796 · HIP 67261
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temperature
6.40
apparent magnitude
1,316× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A7V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,416 years
at light speed from Earth
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as hot as the Sun
1,316×
the Sun's light output
-2.95
absolute magnitude
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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.