A-type star · white star

HR 6421

140 lybrightness mag 5.54F0IV

Also catalogued as HD 156295 · HIP 84183

8,041 K

temperature

5.54

apparent magnitude

9.82× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F0IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

140 years

at light speed from Earth

1.39×

as hot as the Sun

9.82×

the Sun's light output

2.37

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6421A-type

Sky regionDracothis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6598 →20 ly apart
Grumium →33 ly apart
HR 6379 →34 ly apart
Eltanin →36 ly apart
HR 6467 →36 ly apart
60Tau Dra →38 ly apart

Bright stars in Draco

Eltanin →mag 2.2
Athebyne →mag 2.7
Rastaban →mag 2.8
Altais →mag 3.1
Aldhibah →mag 3.2
Edasich →mag 3.3
44Chi Dra →mag 3.5
Thuban →mag 3.7

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.5To see it no equipment neededLook toward Draco

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.