B-type star · blue-white star

HR 5661

1,681 lybrightness mag 5.74B0.5V

Also catalogued as HD 135160 · HIP 74750

10,897 K

temperature

5.74

apparent magnitude

1,171× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B0.5V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,681 years

at light speed from Earth

1.89×

as hot as the Sun

1,171×

the Sun's light output

-2.82

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 5661B-type

Sky regionCircinusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 5527 →120 ly apart
HR 5836 →150 ly apart
HD 131491 →170 ly apart
The Cir →190 ly apart
HR 5979 →270 ly apart
HR 5738 →290 ly apart

Bright stars in Circinus

Xami →mag 3.2
Bet Cir →mag 4.1
Gam Cir →mag 4.5
Eps Cir →mag 4.8
Del Cir →mag 5.0
The Cir →mag 5.1
Eta Cir →mag 5.2
Zet Cir →mag 6.1

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook 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.