G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

Ups2Cen

1,269 lybrightness mag 4.34F6II

Also catalogued as HR 5260 · HD 122223 · HIP 68523

5,975 K

temperature

4.34

apparent magnitude

2,421× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F6II

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,269 years

at light speed from Earth

1.04×

as hot as the Sun

2,421×

the Sun's light output

-3.61

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Ups2CenG-type

Sky regionCentaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 5450 →170 ly apart
Tau1Lup →200 ly apart
HD 129624 →200 ly apart
HR 5061 →220 ly apart
HR 5358 →250 ly apart
HR 4938 →250 ly apart

Bright stars in Centaurus

Menkent →mag 2.1
Gam Cen →mag 2.2
Eps Cen →mag 2.3
Eta Cen →mag 2.3
Leepwal →mag 2.5
Del Cen →mag 2.6
Kulou →mag 2.8
Lam Cen →mag 3.1

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.3To see it no equipment neededLook 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.