F-type star · yellow-white star

HD 151044

HD 151044 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Hercules 95.7 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,209 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1.92× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 96 years ago.

95.7 lybrightness mag 6.48F8V

Also catalogued as HIP 81800

6,209 K
temperature
6.48
apparent magnitude
1.92× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F8V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
96 years
at light speed from Earth
1.08×
as hot as the Sun
1.92×
the Sun's light output
4.14
absolute magnitude
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HD 151044F-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
StarMu Dra11 ly
StarHR 623715 ly
StarNu¹ Dra16 ly
StarKornephorosstar
StarRasalgethistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hercules

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.