F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 5630

HR 5630 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Boötes 97.3 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,226 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 2.23× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 97 years ago.

97.3 lybrightness mag 6.35F8V

Also catalogued as HD 134044 · HIP 73941

6,226 K
temperature
6.35
apparent magnitude
2.23× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F8V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
97 years
at light speed from Earth
1.08×
as hot as the Sun
2.23×
the Sun's light output
3.98
absolute magnitude
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HR 5630F-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Boötes

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.