A-type star · white star

HD 164896

2,696 lybrightness mag 6.46A2III

Also catalogued as HIP 88675

8,386 K

temperature

6.46

apparent magnitude

1,550× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

2,695 years

at light speed from Earth

1.45×

as hot as the Sun

1,550×

the Sun's light output

-3.13

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HD 164896A-type

Sky regionArathis direction

Nearest stars

HD 163071 →360 ly apart
HR 6478 →410 ly apart
HR 6408 →510 ly apart
Iot2Sco →570 ly apart
HR 6219 →610 ly apart
Zet1Sco →720 ly apart

Bright stars in Ara

Bet Ara →mag 2.8
Alp Ara →mag 2.8
Zet Ara →mag 3.1
Gam Ara →mag 3.3
Del Ara →mag 3.6
The Ara →mag 3.6
Eta Ara →mag 3.8
Eps1Ara →mag 4.1

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Ara

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.