K-type star · orange

49Sig Oph

901 lybrightness mag 4.34K3IIvar

Also catalogued as HR 6498 · HD 157999 · HIP 85355

3,824 K

temperature

4.34

apparent magnitude

1,220× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K3IIvar

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

901 years

at light speed from Earth

0.66×

as hot as the Sun

1,220×

the Sun's light output

-2.87

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

49Sig OphK-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6633 →92 ly apart
HR 6358 →120 ly apart
HR 6412 →190 ly apart
HR 6476 →190 ly apart
HD 167162 →190 ly apart
HD 150493 →200 ly apart

Bright stars in Ophiuchus

Sabik →mag 2.4
13Zet Oph →mag 2.5
Yed Prior →mag 2.7
Cebalrai →mag 2.8
27Kap Oph →mag 3.2
Yed Posterior →mag 3.2
42The Oph →mag 3.3
64Nu Oph →mag 3.3

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.3To see it no equipment neededLook toward Ophiuchus

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.