B-type star · blue-white star

HR 6340

472 lybrightness mag 6.29B7IV/V

Also catalogued as HD 154204 · HIP 83567

10,584 K

temperature

6.29

apparent magnitude

55.62× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B7IV/V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

472 years

at light speed from Earth

1.83×

as hot as the Sun

55.62×

the Sun's light output

0.49

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6340B-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6190 →51 ly apart
42The Oph →60 ly apart
HR 6235 →61 ly apart
HD 157969 →63 ly apart
HR 6387 →70 ly apart
HR 6474 →76 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.