F-type star · yellow-white star

73 Oph

179 lybrightness mag 5.71F2V

Also catalogued as HR 6795 · HD 166233 · HIP 88964

7,084 K

temperature

5.71

apparent magnitude

13.60× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F2V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

179 years

at light speed from Earth

1.23×

as hot as the Sun

13.60×

the Sun's light output

2.02

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

73 OphF-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6797 →26 ly apart
HR 6857 →29 ly apart
HR 6890 →36 ly apart
Alya B →36 ly apart
HR 6999 →37 ly apart
69Tau Oph →38 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 5.7To 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.