A-type star · white star

Alphecca

75.0 lybrightness mag 2.22A0V

Also catalogued as 5Alp CrB · HR 5793 · HD 139006 · HIP 76267

9,743 K

temperature

2.22

apparent magnitude

59.70× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A0V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

75 years

at light speed from Earth

1.69×

as hot as the Sun

59.70×

the Sun's light output

0.41

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

AlpheccaA-type

Sky regionCorona Borealisthis direction

Nearest stars

45 Boo →14 ly apart
17Sig CrB →15 ly apart
2Eta CrB →15 ly apart
17Sig CrB →15 ly apart
2Eta CrB →18 ly apart
HR 5534 →20 ly apart

Bright stars in Corona Borealis

Nusakan →mag 3.7
8Gam CrB →mag 3.8
4The CrB →mag 4.1
13Eps CrB →mag 4.1
10Del CrB →mag 4.6
7Zet1CrB →mag 4.6
16Tau CrB →mag 4.7
11Kap CrB →mag 4.8

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 2.2To see it no equipment neededLook toward Corona Borealis

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.