A-type star · white star

HR 6962

227 lybrightness mag 5.74A0/A1V

Also catalogued as HD 171130 · HIP 90991

9,619 K

temperature

5.74

apparent magnitude

21.34× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A0/A1V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

227 years

at light speed from Earth

1.67×

as hot as the Sun

21.34×

the Sun's light output

1.53

absolute magnitude

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HR 6962A-type

Sky regionScutumthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6944 →15 ly apart
Zet Sct →32 ly apart
30 Sgr →33 ly apart
Del Sct →34 ly apart
HR 6769 →37 ly apart
HR 7034 →37 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 5.7To 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.