B-type star · blue-white star

HR 5937

HR 5937 is a blue-white star in the constellation Norma 1,007 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 10,329 K, about 1.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 301× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,007 years ago.

1,007 lybrightness mag 6.10B5IV

Also catalogued as HD 142919 · HIP 78355

10,329 K
temperature
6.10
apparent magnitude
301× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B5IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,007 years
at light speed from Earth
1.79×
as hot as the Sun
301×
the Sun's light output
-1.35
absolute magnitude
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HR 5937B-type
Sky regionNormathis direction
StarHR 6215140 ly
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Bright stars in Norma
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To 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.