A-type star · white star

57Mu Oph

755 lybrightness mag 4.58B8II-IIIMNp

Also catalogued as HR 6567 · HD 159975 · HIP 86284

8,730 K

temperature

4.58

apparent magnitude

687× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B8II-IIIMNp

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

755 years

at light speed from Earth

1.51×

as hot as the Sun

687×

the Sun's light output

-2.24

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

57Mu OphA-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6757 →140 ly apart
HR 6428 →150 ly apart
HR 6785 →150 ly apart
HR 6412 →150 ly apart
HR 6473 →160 ly apart
HR 6414 →170 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 4.6To 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.