A-type star · white star

HR 7491

636 lybrightness mag 6.14B8IV/V

Also catalogued as HD 186042 · HIP 97067

9,894 K

temperature

6.14

apparent magnitude

116× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B8IV/V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

636 years

at light speed from Earth

1.71×

as hot as the Sun

116×

the Sun's light output

-0.31

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 7491A-type

Sky regionSagittariusthis direction

StarHR 735090 ly

StarHR 7507100 ly

StarThe1Sgr120 ly

StarKaus Australisstar

StarNunkistar

Nearest stars

HR 7350 →90 ly apart
HR 7507 →100 ly apart
The1Sgr →120 ly apart
HD 190879 →130 ly apart
HD 191732 →130 ly apart
HD 174407 →130 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.