A-type star · white star

9 Sgr

brightness mag 5.89O6

Also catalogued as HR 6736 · HD 164794 · HIP 88469

9,754 K

temperature

5.89

apparent magnitude

38,370,725× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

1.69×

as hot as the Sun

38,370,725×

the Sun's light output

-14.11

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

9 SgrA-type

Sky regionSagittariusthis direction

StarHR 67169,400 ly

StarHR 667212,000 ly

StarPolis23,000 ly

StarKaus Australisstar

StarNunkistar

Nearest stars

HR 6716 →9,400 ly apart
HR 6672 →12,000 ly apart
Polis →23,000 ly apart
15 Sgr →25,000 ly apart
16 Sgr →27,000 ly apart
25 Sgr →40,000 ly apart

Bright stars in Sagittarius

Kaus Australis →mag 1.8
Nunki →mag 2.0
Ascella →mag 2.6
Kaus Media →mag 2.7
Kaus Borealis →mag 2.8
Albaldah →mag 2.9
Alnasl →mag 3.0
Eta Sgr →mag 3.1

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Sagittarius

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.