A-type star · white star
HR 5281
HR 5281 is a white star in the constellation Centaurus. Its surface is about 9,236 K, about 1.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 24,210,290× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars.
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
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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.