B-type star · blue-white star

16 Sgr

brightness mag 5.96B0.5Ib/II

Also catalogued as HR 6823 · HD 167263 · HIP 89440

10,422 K

temperature

5.96

apparent magnitude

35,974,934× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B0.5Ib/II

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

1.81×

as hot as the Sun

35,974,934×

the Sun's light output

-14.04

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

16 SgrB-type

Sky regionSagittariusthis direction

Star15 Sgr1,900 ly

StarPolis4,300 ly

StarHR 671622,000 ly

StarKaus Australisstar

StarNunkistar

Nearest stars

15 Sgr →1,900 ly apart
Polis →4,300 ly apart
HR 6716 →22,000 ly apart
9 Sgr →27,000 ly apart
25 Sgr →34,000 ly apart
HR 6672 →37,000 ly apart

Bright stars in Sagittarius

Kaus Australis →mag 1.8
Nunki →mag 2.0
Ascella →mag 2.6
Kaus Media →mag 2.7
Kaus Borealis →mag 2.8
Albaldah →mag 2.9
Alnasl →mag 3.0
Eta Sgr →mag 3.1

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Sagittarius

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.