M-type star · red

Eta Sgr

146 lybrightness mag 3.10M2III

Also catalogued as HR 6832 · HD 167618 · HIP 89642

3,674 K

temperature

3.10

apparent magnitude

100× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

M2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

146 years

at light speed from Earth

0.64×

as hot as the Sun

100×

the Sun's light output

-0.15

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Eta SgrM-type

Sky regionSagittariusthis direction

StarKaus Australis7.4 ly

Nearest stars

Kaus Australis →7.4 ly apart
Kap2CrA →13 ly apart
HR 6749 →20 ly apart
Fuyue →24 ly apart
Pincoya →24 ly apart
HR 6948 →27 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
27Phi Sgr →mag 3.2

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 3.1To 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.