A-type star · white star

HR 6914

262 lybrightness mag 6.28A3/A4V

Also catalogued as HD 169938 · HIP 90510

8,511 K

temperature

6.28

apparent magnitude

17.31× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A3/A4V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

262 years

at light speed from Earth

1.47×

as hot as the Sun

17.31×

the Sun's light output

1.75

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6914A-type

Sky regionSagittariusthis direction

StarHR 69097.4 ly

Star11 Sgr23 ly

Star27Phi Sgr29 ly

StarKaus Australisstar

StarNunkistar

Nearest stars

HR 6909 →7.4 ly apart
11 Sgr →23 ly apart
27Phi Sgr →29 ly apart
35Nu 2Sgr →36 ly apart
HR 7195 →36 ly apart
HR 7159 →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.