HD 74272

This is an aging, massive bright giant star with a stellar classification of A5 II. It is an estimated 30 million years old with 8.8 times the mass of the Sun. Having exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core, it has expanded to around 33 times the radius of the Sun. The star is radiating 3,287 times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 7,595 K.