K-type star · orange

Alp Sct

199 lybrightness mag 3.85K2III

Also catalogued as HR 6973 · HD 171443 · HIP 91117

4,091 K

temperature

3.85

apparent magnitude

93.58× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

199 years

at light speed from Earth

0.71×

as hot as the Sun

93.58×

the Sun's light output

-0.08

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Alp SctK-type

Sky regionScutumthis direction

Nearest stars

Del Sct →7.5 ly apart
Zet Sct →13 ly apart
HR 6890 →19 ly apart
Eta Sct →21 ly apart
HR 6962 →37 ly apart
60 Ser →39 ly apart

Bright stars in Scutum

Bet Sct →mag 4.2
Zet Sct →mag 4.7
Gam Sct →mag 4.7
Del Sct →mag 4.7
Eta Sct →mag 4.8
Eps Sct →mag 4.9

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 3.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Scutum

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.