A-type star · white star

52 Oph

843 lybrightness mag 6.47Ap Si

Also catalogued as HR 6545 · HD 159376 · HIP 86060

9,990 K

temperature

6.47

apparent magnitude

150× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

Ap Si

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

843 years

at light speed from Earth

1.73×

as hot as the Sun

150×

the Sun's light output

-0.59

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

52 OphA-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6473 →69 ly apart
43 Oph →99 ly apart
HR 6428 →100 ly apart
HR 6704 →120 ly apart
HR 6494 →150 ly apart
Gam1Sgr →150 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.