HD 116243
HD 116243 is a single star in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It has the Bayer designation m Centauri, while "HD 116243" is the identifier from the "Henry Draper catalogue". This star has a yellow hue and is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.52. It is located at a distance of approximately 244 light years from the Sun based on parallax, and it has an absolute magnitude of 0.01. It is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +13.3 km/s.

This object is an aging bright giant star with a stellar classification of G6IIb With the supply of hydrogen at its core exhausted, it has expanded to 12 times the radius of the Sun. The star is radiating 89 times the luminosity of the Sun from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,197 K.
Q523
star
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Q8928
constellation
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Q8844
Centaurus
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Q105616
Bayer designation
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Q111130
Henry Draper catalogue
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Q124313
apparent visual magnitude
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Q531
light year
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Q525
Sun
CEL
Q906561
parallax
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Q159653
absolute magnitude
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Q240105
radial velocity
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Q5881
bright giant
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Q25377588
stellar classification
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Q60790215
core
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Q48440
radius of the Sun
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Q843877
luminosity of the Sun
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Q6372
photosphere
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Q854050
effective temperature
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Q5097686
HD 116243
CEL
Q5097686
HD 116243
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6
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12
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89
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instance of
constellation
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