A-type star · white star

HR 6249

HR 6249 is a white star in the constellation Scorpius. Its surface is about 7,699 K, about 1.3 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 24,888,573× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars.

brightness mag 6.36WN...

Also catalogued as HD 151932 · HIP 82543

7,699 K
temperature
6.36
apparent magnitude
24,888,573× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
WN...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
–
at light speed from Earth
1.33×
as hot as the Sun
24,888,573×
the Sun's light output
-13.64
absolute magnitude
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HR 6249A-type
Sky regionScorpiusthis direction
StarHR 62632,000 ly
StarHR 62453,600 ly
StarMu Nor23,000 ly
StarShaulastar
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Nearest stars
Bright stars in Scorpius
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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.