A-type star · white star

61 Oph

277 lybrightness mag 6.16A1IV-V

Also catalogued as HR 6609 · HD 161270 · HIP 86831

8,739 K

temperature

6.16

apparent magnitude

21.52× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A1IV-V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

277 years

at light speed from Earth

1.51×

as hot as the Sun

21.52×

the Sun's light output

1.52

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

61 OphA-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

68 Oph →27 ly apart
71 Oph →40 ly apart
HR 6676 →43 ly apart
74 Oph →46 ly apart
HR 6512 →47 ly apart
HR 6521 →48 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 6.2To 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.