F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 6601

1,087 lybrightness mag 6.30B1.5V

Also catalogued as HD 161056 · HIP 86768

7,313 K

temperature

6.30

apparent magnitude

292× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B1.5V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,087 years

at light speed from Earth

1.27×

as hot as the Sun

292×

the Sun's light output

-1.31

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6601F-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6353 →220 ly apart
HR 6946 →230 ly apart
HR 6838 →260 ly apart
HD 167162 →260 ly apart
67 Oph →260 ly apart
HR 6590 →260 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 6.3To 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.