A-type star · white star

53 Oph

338 lybrightness mag 5.80A2V

Also catalogued as HR 6548 · HD 159480 · HIP 85998

9,652 K

temperature

5.80

apparent magnitude

44.67× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A2V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

338 years

at light speed from Earth

1.67×

as hot as the Sun

44.67×

the Sun's light output

0.72

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

53 OphA-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6577 →25 ly apart
Rasalgethi →47 ly apart
HR 6524 →50 ly apart
HR 6542 →51 ly apart
HR 6696 →52 ly apart
HR 6342 →52 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 5.8To 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.