B-type star · blue-white star

62Eta Aqr

168 lybrightness mag 4.04B9IV-Vn

Also catalogued as HR 8597 · HD 213998 · HIP 111497

11,295 K

temperature

4.04

apparent magnitude

55.87× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B9IV-Vn

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

168 years

at light speed from Earth

1.96×

as hot as the Sun

55.87×

the Sun's light output

0.48

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

62Eta AqrB-type

Sky regionAquariusthis direction

Nearest stars

Sadachbia →11 ly apart
37 Peg →14 ly apart
35 Peg →24 ly apart
HR 8507 →33 ly apart
HR 8376 →33 ly apart
Ancha →34 ly apart

Bright stars in Aquarius

Sadalsuud →mag 2.9
Sadalmelik →mag 3.0
Skat →mag 3.3
55Zet1Aqr →mag 3.6
Safina →mag 3.7
73Lam Aqr →mag 3.7
Albali →mag 3.8
Sadachbia →mag 3.9

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Aquarius

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.