F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 5921

HR 5921 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Norma 158 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,983 K, about 1.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 6.12× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 158 years ago.

158 lybrightness mag 6.31F1IV

Also catalogued as HD 142529 · HIP 78117

6,983 K
temperature
6.31
apparent magnitude
6.12× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F1IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
158 years
at light speed from Earth
1.21×
as hot as the Sun
6.12×
the Sun's light output
2.88
absolute magnitude
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HR 5921F-type
Sky regionNormathis direction
StarHR 587213 ly
StarHR 566320 ly
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StarEpsilon Norstar
StarIota¹ Norstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Norma
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Norma

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.