B-type star · blue-white star

HR 5474

HR 5474 is a blue-white star in the constellation Centaurus 1,152 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 11,295 K, about 2.0 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 305× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,152 years ago.

1,152 lybrightness mag 6.38Asp...

Also catalogued as HD 129161 · HIP 71853

11,295 K
temperature
6.38
apparent magnitude
305× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
Asp...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,152 years
at light speed from Earth
1.96×
as hot as the Sun
305×
the Sun's light output
-1.36
absolute magnitude
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HR 5474B-type
Sky regionCentaurusthis direction
StarHR 5549130 ly
StarHR 5521190 ly
StarHR 5658220 ly
StarMenkentstar
StarGamma Censtar
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Bright stars in Centaurus
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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.