A-type star · white star

HR 6040

HR 6040 is a white star in the constellation Norma 423 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,685 K, about 1.5 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 83.56× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.6 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 423 years ago.

423 lybrightness mag 5.61A5III

Also catalogued as HD 145782 · HIP 79689

8,685 K
temperature
5.61
apparent magnitude
83.56× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
423 years
at light speed from Earth
1.50×
as hot as the Sun
83.56×
the Sun's light output
0.04
absolute magnitude
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HR 6040A-type
Sky regionNormathis direction
StarKappa Nor25 ly
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Bright stars in Norma
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.6To see it no equipment neededLook 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.