A-type star · white star

HR 6988

340 lybrightness mag 5.93A5IV

Also catalogued as HD 171856 · HIP 91347

8,249 K

temperature

5.93

apparent magnitude

40.29× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A5IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

340 years

at light speed from Earth

1.43×

as hot as the Sun

40.29×

the Sun's light output

0.84

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6988A-type

Sky regionSagittariusthis direction

Star37Xi 2Sgr38 ly

StarHR 679839 ly

StarHR 693242 ly

StarKaus Australisstar

StarNunkistar

Nearest stars

37Xi 2Sgr →38 ly apart
HR 6798 →39 ly apart
HR 6932 →42 ly apart
HR 6969 →42 ly apart
Gam Sct →46 ly apart
HR 7103 →49 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 5.9To 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.