A-type star · white star

Gam Sct

319 lybrightness mag 4.67A1IV/V

Also catalogued as HR 6930 · HD 170296 · HIP 90595

9,266 K

temperature

4.67

apparent magnitude

113× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A1IV/V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

319 years

at light speed from Earth

1.61×

as hot as the Sun

113×

the Sun's light output

-0.28

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Gam SctA-type

Sky regionScutumthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6932 →22 ly apart
HR 6970 →24 ly apart
HR 6878 →30 ly apart
HR 6933 →34 ly apart
HD 169913 →36 ly apart
HR 6798 →40 ly apart

Bright stars in Scutum

Alp Sct →mag 3.9
Bet Sct →mag 4.2
Zet 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 4.7To 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.