F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 5716

HR 5716 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Boötes 176 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,050 K, about 1.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 8.90× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 176 years ago.

176 lybrightness mag 6.14F4IVs

Also catalogued as HD 136751 · HIP 75093

7,050 K
temperature
6.14
apparent magnitude
8.90× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F4IVs
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
176 years
at light speed from Earth
1.22×
as hot as the Sun
8.90×
the Sun's light output
2.48
absolute magnitude
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HR 5716F-type
Sky regionBoötesthis direction
StarPhi Boo17 ly
Star40 Boo21 ly
StarMerga24 ly
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Nearest stars
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To 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.