A-type star · white star

HR 6883

440 lybrightness mag 5.99A2V

Also catalogued as HD 169111 · HIP 90052

9,476 K

temperature

5.99

apparent magnitude

63.56× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A2V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

440 years

at light speed from Earth

1.64×

as hot as the Sun

63.56×

the Sun's light output

0.34

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6883A-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6955 →41 ly apart
HR 6906 →59 ly apart
HR 7010 →66 ly apart
HR 6887 →68 ly apart
HR 6800 →77 ly apart
HR 6696 →78 ly apart

Bright stars in Ophiuchus

Sabik →mag 2.4
13Zet Oph →mag 2.5
Yed Prior →mag 2.7
Cebalrai →mag 2.8
27Kap Oph →mag 3.2
Yed Posterior →mag 3.2
42The Oph →mag 3.3
64Nu Oph →mag 3.3

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Ophiuchus

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.