A-type star · white star

HR 6909

255 lybrightness mag 6.31A7V

Also catalogued as HD 169851 · HIP 90478

7,705 K

temperature

6.31

apparent magnitude

15.91× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A7V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

255 years

at light speed from Earth

1.33×

as hot as the Sun

15.91×

the Sun's light output

1.85

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6909A-type

Sky regionSagittariusthis direction

StarHR 69147.4 ly

Star11 Sgr21 ly

Star27Phi Sgr23 ly

StarKaus Australisstar

StarAscellastar

Nearest stars

HR 6914 →7.4 ly apart
11 Sgr →21 ly apart
27Phi Sgr →23 ly apart
HR 7195 →36 ly apart
HR 7159 →36 ly apart
Nunki →37 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 6.3To 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.