A-type star · white star

36 Her

36 Her is a white star in the constellation Hercules 304 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,694 K, about 1.5 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 12.88× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.9 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 304 years ago.

304 lybrightness mag 6.92A3IV

Also catalogued as HR 6194 · HD 150379 · HIP 81634

8,694 K
temperature
6.92
apparent magnitude
12.88× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A3IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
304 years
at light speed from Earth
1.51×
as hot as the Sun
12.88×
the Sun's light output
2.08
absolute magnitude
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36 HerA-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
Star37 Her10 ly
StarHD 14853128 ly
StarHR 620345 ly
StarKornephorosstar
StarRasalgethistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.9To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hercules

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.