A-type star · white star

HR 6412

717 lybrightness mag 6.17A2V

Also catalogued as HD 156208 · HIP 84479

7,902 K

temperature

6.17

apparent magnitude

143× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A2V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

717 years

at light speed from Earth

1.37×

as hot as the Sun

143×

the Sun's light output

-0.54

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6412A-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6414 →64 ly apart
HR 6476 →87 ly apart
HR 6497 →88 ly apart
HD 158228 →97 ly apart
66 Oph →150 ly apart
57Mu Oph →150 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 6.2To 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.