B-type star · blue-white star

HR 6968

358 lybrightness mag 5.47B8IV

Also catalogued as HD 171301 · HIP 90923

11,200 K

temperature

5.47

apparent magnitude

67.92× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B8IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

358 years

at light speed from Earth

1.94×

as hot as the Sun

67.92×

the Sun's light output

0.27

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6968B-type

Sky regionLyrathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 7132 →34 ly apart
HR 6904 →35 ly apart
103Omi Her →40 ly apart
HR 6917 →49 ly apart
HR 7204 →52 ly apart
HR 7181 →55 ly apart

Bright stars in Lyra

Sulafat →mag 3.3
Sheliak →mag 3.5
13 Lyr →mag 4.1
12Del2Lyr →mag 4.2
1Kap Lyr →mag 4.3
6Zet1Lyr →mag 4.3
21The Lyr →mag 4.3
Aladfar →mag 4.4

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.5To see it no equipment neededLook toward Lyra

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.