A-type star · white star

HR 6864

538 lybrightness mag 6.15A3III

Also catalogued as HD 168646 · HIP 90012

7,699 K

temperature

6.15

apparent magnitude

82.26× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

538 years

at light speed from Earth

1.33×

as hot as the Sun

82.26×

the Sun's light output

0.06

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6864A-type

Sky regionSagittariusthis direction

StarHR 683525 ly

StarHR 710465 ly

StarHR 699072 ly

StarKaus Australisstar

StarNunkistar

Nearest stars

HR 6835 →25 ly apart
HR 7104 →65 ly apart
HR 6990 →72 ly apart
HR 7035 →72 ly apart
HR 6628 →77 ly apart
HR 6870 →81 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 6.2To 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.