A-type star · white star

HR 6042

HR 6042 is a white star in the constellation Scorpius 469 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,619 K, about 1.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 49.52× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 469 years ago.

469 lybrightness mag 6.40B6IV

Also catalogued as HD 145792 · HIP 79530

9,619 K
temperature
6.40
apparent magnitude
49.52× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B6IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
469 years
at light speed from Earth
1.67×
as hot as the Sun
49.52×
the Sun's light output
0.61
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Scorpius

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.