A-type star · white star

Polis

brightness mag 3.84B2III:

Also catalogued as 13Mu Sgr · HR 6812 · HD 166937 · HIP 89341

8,202 K

temperature

3.84

apparent magnitude

253,512,863× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2III:

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

1.42×

as hot as the Sun

253,512,863×

the Sun's light output

-16.16

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

PolisA-type

Sky regionSagittariusthis direction

Star15 Sgr2,700 ly

Star16 Sgr4,300 ly

StarHR 671618,000 ly

StarKaus Australisstar

StarNunkistar

Nearest stars

15 Sgr →2,700 ly apart
16 Sgr →4,300 ly apart
HR 6716 →18,000 ly apart
9 Sgr →23,000 ly apart
25 Sgr →33,000 ly apart
HR 6672 →33,000 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 3.8To 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.