A-type star · white star

HR 6179

369 lybrightness mag 6.05A0pe...

Also catalogued as HD 149911 · HIP 81440

8,444 K

temperature

6.05

apparent magnitude

42.46× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A0pe...

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

369 years

at light speed from Earth

1.46×

as hot as the Sun

42.46×

the Sun's light output

0.78

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6179A-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

13Zet Oph →26 ly apart
17Chi Sco →53 ly apart
30 Oph →55 ly apart
21 Oph →56 ly apart
HD 145936 →62 ly apart
HR 6413 →62 ly apart

Bright stars in Ophiuchus

Sabik →mag 2.4
13Zet Oph →mag 2.5
Yed Prior →mag 2.7
Cebalrai →mag 2.8
27Kap Oph →mag 3.2
Yed Posterior →mag 3.2
42The Oph →mag 3.3
64Nu Oph →mag 3.3

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Ophiuchus

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.