G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 5542

128 lybrightness mag 6.30G0/G1V

Also catalogued as HD 131117 · HIP 72772

5,948 K

temperature

6.30

apparent magnitude

4.03× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G0/G1V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

128 years

at light speed from Earth

1.03×

as hot as the Sun

4.03×

the Sun's light output

3.34

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 5542G-type

Sky regionCentaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

HD 133469 →14 ly apart
HR 5504 →23 ly apart
HR 5268 →24 ly apart
54 Hya →31 ly apart
Xi 1Lup →34 ly apart
49Pi Hya →34 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 6.3To 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.