F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 6985

126 lybrightness mag 5.38F5III

Also catalogued as HD 171802 · HIP 91217

6,950 K

temperature

5.38

apparent magnitude

9.10× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F5III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

126 years

at light speed from Earth

1.20×

as hot as the Sun

9.10×

the Sun's light output

2.45

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6985F-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6987 →18 ly apart
HR 6981 →24 ly apart
HR 7354 →25 ly apart
HR 6950 →28 ly apart
Tusizuo →29 ly apart
HR 6857 →29 ly apart

Bright stars in Ophiuchus

Sabik →mag 2.4
13Zet Oph →mag 2.5
Yed Prior →mag 2.7
Cebalrai →mag 2.8
27Kap Oph →mag 3.2
Yed Posterior →mag 3.2
42The Oph →mag 3.3
64Nu Oph →mag 3.3

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.4To see it no equipment neededLook toward Ophiuchus

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.