A-type star · white star

HR 6139

HR 6139 is a white star in the constellation Octans 627 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,619 K, about 1.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 122× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 627 years ago.

627 lybrightness mag 6.05A2V

Also catalogued as HD 148542 · HIP 83255

9,619 K
temperature
6.05
apparent magnitude
122× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A2V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
627 years
at light speed from Earth
1.67×
as hot as the Sun
122×
the Sun's light output
-0.37
absolute magnitude
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HR 6139A-type
Sky regionOctansthis direction
StarHD 16533875 ly
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Bright stars in Octans
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Octans

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.