B-type star · blue-white star

HR 6494

738 lybrightness mag 5.98B9.5IV

Also catalogued as HD 157955 · HIP 85442

10,002 K

temperature

5.98

apparent magnitude

181× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B9.5IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

738 years

at light speed from Earth

1.73×

as hot as the Sun

181×

the Sun's light output

-0.79

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6494B-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

HD 160371 →71 ly apart
43 Oph →85 ly apart
HR 6668 →98 ly apart
HR 6273 →110 ly apart
HR 6648 →110 ly apart
HR 6583 →110 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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook 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.