A-type star · white star

HD 98176

HD 98176 is a white star in the constellation Centaurus 344 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,942 K, about 1.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 25.21× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 344 years ago.

344 lybrightness mag 6.46A0V

Also catalogued as HIP 55133

9,942 K
temperature
6.46
apparent magnitude
25.21× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A0V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
344 years
at light speed from Earth
1.72×
as hot as the Sun
25.21×
the Sun's light output
1.35
absolute magnitude
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HD 98176A-type
Sky regionCentaurusthis direction
StarHR 439319 ly
StarHD 9472430 ly
StarHR 447643 ly
StarMenkentstar
StarGamma Censtar
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Bright stars in Centaurus
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Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Centaurus

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.