G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

HR 6863

1,235 lybrightness mag 5.76F8II

Also catalogued as HD 168608 · HIP 89968

5,706 K

temperature

5.76

apparent magnitude

621× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F8II

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,235 years

at light speed from Earth

0.99×

as hot as the Sun

621×

the Sun's light output

-2.13

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6863G-type

Sky regionSagittariusthis direction

StarHR 6825190 ly

StarAinalrami210 ly

StarHR 6861210 ly

StarKaus Australisstar

StarNunkistar

Nearest stars

HR 6825 →190 ly apart
Ainalrami →210 ly apart
HR 6861 →210 ly apart
7 Sgr →210 ly apart
HD 174328 →230 ly apart
HR 6946 →230 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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.8To see it no equipment neededLook 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.