B-type star · blue-white star

HR 6520

390 lybrightness mag 6.05B9II/III

Also catalogued as HD 158704 · HIP 85783

11,016 K

temperature

6.05

apparent magnitude

47.38× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B9II/III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

390 years

at light speed from Earth

1.91×

as hot as the Sun

47.38×

the Sun's light output

0.66

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6520B-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6490 →9.3 ly apart
51 Oph →22 ly apart
HR 6474 →28 ly apart
HD 160042 →35 ly apart
42The Oph →49 ly apart
4 Sgr →54 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 6.0To 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.