A-type star · white star

HR 6294

579 lybrightness mag 6.27B7/8III

Also catalogued as HD 152909 · HIP 82951

9,185 K

temperature

6.27

apparent magnitude

85.27× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B7/8III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

579 years

at light speed from Earth

1.59×

as hot as the Sun

85.27×

the Sun's light output

0.02

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6294A-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

29 Oph →13 ly apart
HR 6308 →67 ly apart
HD 156992 →80 ly apart
7Chi Oph →88 ly apart
HR 6235 →98 ly apart
HD 146436 →100 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 6.3To 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.