G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 5325

HR 5325 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Centaurus 69.2 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,983 K, and it shines at 1.17× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 69 years ago.

69.2 lybrightness mag 6.31F9V

Also catalogued as HD 124580 · HIP 69671 · Gliese Gl 540.3

5,983 K

temperature

6.31

apparent magnitude

1.17× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F9V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

69 years

at light speed from Earth

1.04×

as hot as the Sun

1.17×

the Sun's light output

4.68

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 5325G-type

Sky regionCentaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

Bright stars in Centaurus

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To 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.