A-type star · white star

HR 6871

232 lybrightness mag 6.13A3V

Also catalogued as HD 168740 · HIP 90304

8,148 K

temperature

6.13

apparent magnitude

15.59× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A3V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

232 years

at light speed from Earth

1.41×

as hot as the Sun

15.59×

the Sun's light output

1.87

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6871A-type

Sky regionPavothis direction

Nearest stars

The Pav →17 ly apart
Zet Pav →36 ly apart
Del Ara →43 ly apart
HR 6357 →44 ly apart
Mu 1Pav →44 ly apart
Mu 2Pav →44 ly apart

Bright stars in Pavo

Peacock →mag 1.9
Bet Pav →mag 3.4
Del Pav →mag 3.5
Eta Pav →mag 3.6
Eps Pav →mag 4.0
Zet Pav →mag 4.0
Gam Pav →mag 4.2
Lam Pav →mag 4.2

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pavo

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.