A-type star · white star

HR 6996

671 lybrightness mag 6.35A5V

Also catalogued as HD 172021 · HIP 91733

8,546 K

temperature

6.35

apparent magnitude

106× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A5V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

671 years

at light speed from Earth

1.48×

as hot as the Sun

106×

the Sun's light output

-0.22

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6996A-type

Sky regionPavothis direction

Nearest stars

HR 7320 →68 ly apart
Tau Pav →74 ly apart
HR 6808 →78 ly apart
HR 6760 →80 ly apart
HD 176522 →87 ly apart
HR 7022 →95 ly apart

Bright stars in Pavo

Peacock →mag 1.9
Bet Pav →mag 3.4
Del Pav →mag 3.5
Eta Pav →mag 3.6
Eps Pav →mag 4.0
Zet Pav →mag 4.0
Gam Pav →mag 4.2
Lam Pav →mag 4.2

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pavo

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.