F-type star · yellow-white star
HR 5537
HR 5537 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Boötes 186 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,875 K, about 1.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 7.20× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 186 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 131040 · HIP 72508
6,875 K
temperature
6.49
apparent magnitude
7.20× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F5IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
186 years
at light speed from Earth
1.19×
as hot as the Sun
7.20×
the Sun's light output
2.71
absolute magnitude
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Nearest stars
Can you see it tonight?
BINOCULARS NEEDED
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.