A-type star · white star

HR 6240

242 lybrightness mag 6.18A3V

Also catalogued as HD 151676 · HIP 82339

7,909 K

temperature

6.18

apparent magnitude

16.11× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A3V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

242 years

at light speed from Earth

1.37×

as hot as the Sun

16.11×

the Sun's light output

1.83

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6240A-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

8Phi Oph →19 ly apart
HR 6296 →32 ly apart
HR 6053 →39 ly apart
23 Oph →40 ly apart
53Nu Ser →50 ly apart
HR 6145 →50 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.