A-type star · white star

Matza

Matza is a white star in the constellation Centaurus 319 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,096 K, about 1.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 13.12× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 7.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 319 years ago.

319 lybrightness mag 7.01A2V

Also catalogued as HD 116434 · HIP 65426

9,096 K
temperature
7.01
apparent magnitude
13.12× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A2V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
319 years
at light speed from Earth
1.58×
as hot as the Sun
13.12×
the Sun's light output
2.06
absolute magnitude
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MatzaA-type
Sky regionCentaurusthis direction
StarHR 495120 ly
StarHD 11353732 ly
StarHR 487233 ly
StarMenkentstar
StarGamma Censtar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Centaurus
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Brightness mag 7.0To 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.