G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 5236

HR 5236 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Centaurus 126 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,342 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 5.20× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 126 years ago.

126 lybrightness mag 6.00G8V

Also catalogued as HD 121384 · HIP 68101 · Gliese Gl 534.1A

5,342 K
temperature
6.00
apparent magnitude
5.20× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
126 years
at light speed from Earth
0.93×
as hot as the Sun
5.20×
the Sun's light output
3.06
absolute magnitude
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HR 5236G-type
Sky regionCentaurusthis direction
StarDofida18 ly
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StarMenkentstar
StarGamma Censtar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Centaurus
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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Centaurus

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.