G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

Upsilon² Cen

Upsilon² Cen is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Centaurus 1,269 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,975 K, and it shines at 2,421× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 4.3 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,269 years ago.

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
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Upsilon² CenG-type
Sky regionCentaurusthis direction
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Nearest stars
Bright stars in Centaurus
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.