A-type star · white star

44 Oph

83.2 lybrightness mag 4.16A3IV:m

Also catalogued as HR 6486 · HD 157792 · HIP 85340 · Gliese Gl 673.1

7,572 K

temperature

4.16

apparent magnitude

12.27× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A3IV:m

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

83 years

at light speed from Earth

1.31×

as hot as the Sun

12.27×

the Sun's light output

2.13

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

44 OphA-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

StarHR 626914 ly

StarGliese Gl 656.1B14 ly

StarSabik15 ly

Star13Zet Ophstar

StarYed Priorstar

Nearest stars

HR 6269 →14 ly apart
Gliese Gl 656.1B →14 ly apart
Sabik →15 ly apart
Kaus Borealis →20 ly apart
Alnasl →22 ly apart
HR 6836 →25 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 4.2To 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.