F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 5243

HR 5243 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Boötes 81.1 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,308 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1.85× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 81 years ago.

81.1 lybrightness mag 6.16F6V

Also catalogued as HD 121560 · HIP 68030

6,308 K

temperature

6.16

apparent magnitude

1.85× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F6V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

81 years

at light speed from Earth

1.09×

as hot as the Sun

1.85×

the Sun's light output

4.18

absolute magnitude

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HR 5243F-type

Sky regionBoötesthis direction

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Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Boötes

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.