A-type star · white star

HR 5179

HR 5179 is a white star in the constellation Canes Venatici 171 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,079 K, about 1.4 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 10.70× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.9 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 171 years ago.

171 lybrightness mag 5.88A5V

Also catalogued as HD 120047 · HIP 67194

8,079 K
temperature
5.88
apparent magnitude
10.70× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A5V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
171 years
at light speed from Earth
1.40×
as hot as the Sun
10.70×
the Sun's light output
2.28
absolute magnitude
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HR 5179A-type
Sky regionCanes Venaticithis direction
StarHR 534719 ly
StarHR 511026 ly
StarHR 533527 ly
StarCor Carolistar
StarCharastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Canes Venatici
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Canes Venatici

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.