F-type star · yellow-white star

40Xi Oph

56.6 lybrightness mag 4.39F2/F3V

Also catalogued as HR 6445 · HD 156897 · HIP 84893 · Gliese Gl 670A

6,912 K

temperature

4.39

apparent magnitude

4.60× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F2/F3V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

57 years

at light speed from Earth

1.20×

as hot as the Sun

4.60×

the Sun's light output

3.19

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

40Xi OphF-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

58 Oph →5.3 ly apart
Larawag →17 ly apart
Sharjah →17 ly apart
HR 6748 →18 ly apart
HR 6516 →20 ly apart
Gliese Gl 678B →20 ly apart

Bright stars in Ophiuchus

Sabik →mag 2.4
13Zet Oph →mag 2.5
Yed Prior →mag 2.7
Cebalrai →mag 2.8
27Kap Oph →mag 3.2
Yed Posterior →mag 3.2
42The Oph →mag 3.3
64Nu Oph →mag 3.3

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.4To see it no equipment neededLook toward Ophiuchus

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.