M-type star · red

HR 6959

2,886 lybrightness mag 5.47K3Iab

Also catalogued as HD 170975 · HIP 90913

3,171 K

temperature

5.47

apparent magnitude

4,426× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K3Iab

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

2,886 years

at light speed from Earth

0.55×

as hot as the Sun

4,426×

the Sun's light output

-4.26

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6959M-type

Sky regionScutumthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 7094 →350 ly apart
6 Sgr →460 ly apart
HR 6762 →680 ly apart
HR 6617 →700 ly apart
36Xi 1Sgr →890 ly apart
24 Sgr →910 ly apart

Bright stars in Scutum

Alp Sct →mag 3.9
Bet Sct →mag 4.2
Zet Sct →mag 4.7
Gam Sct →mag 4.7
Del Sct →mag 4.7
Eta Sct →mag 4.8
Eps Sct →mag 4.9

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.5To see it no equipment neededLook toward Scutum

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.