A-type star · white star

Kap2CrA

154 lybrightness mag 6.31B8

Also catalogued as HR 6953 · HD 170867 · HIP 90969

9,882 K

temperature

6.31

apparent magnitude

5.81× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

154 years

at light speed from Earth

1.71×

as hot as the Sun

5.81×

the Sun's light output

2.94

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Kap2CrAA-type

Sky regionCorona Australisthis direction

StarEta Sgr13 ly

StarKaus Australis16 ly

StarHR 674925 ly

StarBet CrAstar

StarGam CrAstar

Nearest stars

Eta Sgr →13 ly apart
Kaus Australis →16 ly apart
HR 6749 →25 ly apart
Del CrA →32 ly apart
HR 6546 →33 ly apart
Meridiana →33 ly apart

Bright stars in Corona Australis

Bet CrA →mag 4.1
Meridiana →mag 4.1
Gam CrA →mag 4.2
Del CrA →mag 4.6
The CrA →mag 4.6
Zet CrA →mag 4.7
Eps CrA →mag 4.8
Gam CrA →mag 5.0

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Corona Australis

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.