A-type star · white star

HR 6096

427 lybrightness mag 6.24B9V

Also catalogued as HD 147550 · HIP 80227

9,455 K

temperature

6.24

apparent magnitude

47.64× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B9V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

427 years

at light speed from Earth

1.64×

as hot as the Sun

47.64×

the Sun's light output

0.66

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6096A-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6136 →30 ly apart
HR 6124 →53 ly apart
HR 6011 →56 ly apart
HR 6016 →59 ly apart
9 Her →61 ly apart
HR 5990 →69 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.