A-type star · white star

HR 6399

309 lybrightness mag 6.12A5III

Also catalogued as HD 155860 · HIP 84108

8,281 K

temperature

6.12

apparent magnitude

27.95× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A5III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

309 years

at light speed from Earth

1.43×

as hot as the Sun

27.95×

the Sun's light output

1.23

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6399A-type

Sky regionHerculesthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6607 →28 ly apart
HR 6330 →39 ly apart
HR 6226 →44 ly apart
34 Her →44 ly apart
22Tau Her →50 ly apart
82 Her →50 ly apart

Bright stars in Hercules

Kornephoros →mag 2.8
Rasalgethi →mag 2.8
40Zet Her →mag 2.8
Sarin →mag 3.1
67Pi Her →mag 3.2
86Mu Her →mag 3.4
44Eta Her →mag 3.5
92Xi Her →mag 3.7

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hercules

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.