A-type star · white star

HR 6798

331 lybrightness mag 6.33A2V

Also catalogued as HD 166393 · HIP 89114

8,503 K

temperature

6.33

apparent magnitude

26.38× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A2V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

331 years

at light speed from Earth

1.47×

as hot as the Sun

26.38×

the Sun's light output

1.30

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6798A-type

Sky regionSagittariusthis direction

StarHR 667924 ly

StarHR 698839 ly

StarGam Sct40 ly

StarKaus Australisstar

StarNunkistar

Nearest stars

HR 6679 →24 ly apart
HR 6988 →39 ly apart
Gam Sct →40 ly apart
HR 6932 →42 ly apart
HR 6933 →45 ly apart
HR 6969 →45 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 6.3To 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.