M-type star · red

28 Sgr

684 lybrightness mag 5.37K5III

Also catalogued as HR 7046 · HD 173460 · HIP 92111

3,662 K

temperature

5.37

apparent magnitude

272× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K5III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

684 years

at light speed from Earth

0.63×

as hot as the Sun

272×

the Sun's light output

-1.24

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

28 SgrM-type

Sky regionSagittariusthis direction

StarHR 704555 ly

StarHR 712855 ly

StarHR 724676 ly

StarKaus Australisstar

StarNunkistar

Nearest stars

HR 7045 →55 ly apart
HR 7128 →55 ly apart
HR 7246 →76 ly apart
HR 6972 →99 ly apart
HR 7168 →100 ly apart
HR 7241 →100 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 5.4To 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.