B-type star · blue-white star

HD 134657

HD 134657 is a blue-white star in the constellation Circinus 849 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 10,667 K, about 1.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 169× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 849 years ago.

849 lybrightness mag 6.36B5V

Also catalogued as HIP 74552

10,667 K
temperature
6.36
apparent magnitude
169× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B5V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
849 years
at light speed from Earth
1.85×
as hot as the Sun
169×
the Sun's light output
-0.72
absolute magnitude
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HD 134657B-type
Sky regionCircinusthis direction
StarHR 5920100 ly
StarHR 5391120 ly
StarHD 130942130 ly
StarXamistar
StarBeta Cirstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Circinus
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Circinus

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.