A-type star · white star

HR 5281

brightness mag 6.39B0Ia

Also catalogued as HD 122879 · HIP 68902

9,236 K

temperature

6.39

apparent magnitude

24,210,290× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B0Ia

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

1.60×

as hot as the Sun

24,210,290×

the Sun's light output

-13.61

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 5281A-type

Sky regionCentaurusthis direction

StarHR 540316,000 ly

StarHR 512424,000 ly

StarHD 12909231,000 ly

StarMenkentstar

StarGam Censtar

Nearest stars

HR 5403 →16,000 ly apart
HR 5124 →24,000 ly apart
HD 129092 →31,000 ly apart
HR 5027 →41,000 ly apart
HR 4972 →42,000 ly apart
HR 5645 →48,000 ly apart

Bright stars in Centaurus

Menkent →mag 2.1
Gam Cen →mag 2.2
Eps Cen →mag 2.3
Eta Cen →mag 2.3
Leepwal →mag 2.5
Del Cen →mag 2.6
Kulou →mag 2.8
Lam Cen →mag 3.1

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.