F-type star · yellow-white star

69Tau Oph

170 lybrightness mag 5.24dF3 J

Also catalogued as HR 6734 · HD 164765 · Gliese Gl 700.1A

6,989 K

temperature

5.24

apparent magnitude

18.90× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

dF3 J

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

170 years

at light speed from Earth

1.21×

as hot as the Sun

18.90×

the Sun's light output

1.66

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

69Tau OphF-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

69Tau Oph →2.3 ly apart
64Nu Oph →20 ly apart
56Omi Ser →22 ly apart
HR 6534 →25 ly apart
HR 6999 →32 ly apart
HR 6439 →32 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 5.2To 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.