B-type star · blue-white star

HR 6960

1,320 lybrightness mag 5.28B2III/IV

Also catalogued as HD 171034 · HIP 91014

11,831 K

temperature

5.28

apparent magnitude

1,104× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2III/IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,320 years

at light speed from Earth

2.05×

as hot as the Sun

1,104×

the Sun's light output

-2.76

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6960B-type

Sky regionSagittariusthis direction

StarHR 7031160 ly

StarHR 7240200 ly

StarHR 6833220 ly

StarKaus Australisstar

StarNunkistar

Nearest stars

HR 7031 →160 ly apart
HR 7240 →200 ly apart
HR 6833 →220 ly apart
HR 6804 →250 ly apart
HR 6621 →280 ly apart
HR 7257 →300 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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.3To see it no equipment neededLook 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.