A-type star · white star

HR 6904

383 lybrightness mag 6.27A2Vn

Also catalogued as HD 169718 · HIP 90256

9,509 K

temperature

6.27

apparent magnitude

37.33× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A2Vn

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

383 years

at light speed from Earth

1.65×

as hot as the Sun

37.33×

the Sun's light output

0.92

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6904A-type

Sky regionHerculesthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6917 →28 ly apart
HR 6968 →35 ly apart
HR 6799 →37 ly apart
106 Her →38 ly apart
HR 7132 →47 ly apart
103Omi Her →52 ly apart

Bright stars in Hercules

Kornephoros →mag 2.8
Rasalgethi →mag 2.8
40Zet Her →mag 2.8
Sarin →mag 3.1
67Pi Her →mag 3.2
86Mu Her →mag 3.4
44Eta Her →mag 3.5
92Xi Her →mag 3.7

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hercules

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.