A-type star · white star

72 Oph

86.9 lybrightness mag 3.71A4IVs

Also catalogued as HR 6771 · HD 165777 · HIP 88771 · Gliese GJ 9615A

8,495 K

temperature

3.71

apparent magnitude

20.27× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A4IVs

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

87 years

at light speed from Earth

1.47×

as hot as the Sun

20.27×

the Sun's light output

1.58

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

72 OphA-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

Cebalrai →12 ly apart
HR 6670 →17 ly apart
Bake-eo →21 ly apart
57Zet Ser →21 ly apart
111 Her →22 ly apart
Okab →22 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 3.7To 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.