A-type star · white star

HR 7159

259 lybrightness mag 6.14A1V

Also catalogued as HD 175892 · HIP 93140

9,155 K

temperature

6.14

apparent magnitude

19.20× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A1V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

259 years

at light speed from Earth

1.59×

as hot as the Sun

19.20×

the Sun's light output

1.64

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 7159A-type

Sky regionSagittariusthis direction

StarHR 719511 ly

Star35Nu 2Sgr15 ly

StarHR 720517 ly

StarKaus Australisstar

StarNunkistar

Nearest stars

HR 7195 →11 ly apart
35Nu 2Sgr →15 ly apart
HR 7205 →17 ly apart
47Chi1Sgr →30 ly apart
30 Sgr →30 ly apart
27Phi Sgr →30 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.