B-type star · blue-white star

HR 6788

brightness mag 6.13B2II/III

Also catalogued as HD 166197 · HIP 89086

12,235 K

temperature

6.13

apparent magnitude

30,760,968× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2II/III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

2.12×

as hot as the Sun

30,760,968×

the Sun's light output

-13.87

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6788B-type

Sky regionSagittariusthis direction

StarHR 666021,000 ly

StarHR 653544,000 ly

StarHR 683949,000 ly

StarKaus Australisstar

StarNunkistar

Nearest stars

HR 6660 →21,000 ly apart
HR 6535 →44,000 ly apart
HR 6839 →49,000 ly apart
9 Sgr →54,000 ly apart
HR 6672 →54,000 ly apart
HR 6450 →60,000 ly apart

Bright stars in Sagittarius

Kaus Australis →mag 1.8
Nunki →mag 2.0
Ascella →mag 2.6
Kaus Media →mag 2.7
Kaus Borealis →mag 2.8
Albaldah →mag 2.9
Alnasl →mag 3.0
Eta Sgr →mag 3.1

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Sagittarius

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.