B-type star · blue-white star

HR 6114

HR 6114 is a blue-white star in the constellation Norma 1,342 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 10,027 K, about 1.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 796× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.7 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,342 years ago.

1,342 lybrightness mag 5.67B9III

Also catalogued as HD 147977 · HIP 80675

10,027 K
temperature
5.67
apparent magnitude
796× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B9III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,342 years
at light speed from Earth
1.74×
as hot as the Sun
796×
the Sun's light output
-2.40
absolute magnitude
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HR 6114B-type
Sky regionNormathis direction
StarHR 5898120 ly
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StarGamma² Norstar
StarEpsilon Norstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Norma
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.7To 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.