F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 6261

3,106 lybrightness mag 6.28B1Ia

Also catalogued as HD 152235 · HIP 82669

6,566 K

temperature

6.28

apparent magnitude

2,430× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B1Ia

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

3,106 years

at light speed from Earth

1.14×

as hot as the Sun

2,430×

the Sun's light output

-3.61

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6261F-type

Sky regionScorpiusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6197 →360 ly apart
HR 6142 →440 ly apart
HR 6260 →520 ly apart
HR 6557 →530 ly apart
Zet1Sco →540 ly apart
HR 6478 →570 ly apart

Bright stars in Scorpius

Shaula →mag 1.6
Sargas →mag 1.9
Dschubba →mag 2.3
Larawag →mag 2.3
Kap Sco →mag 2.4
Acrab →mag 2.6
Lesath →mag 2.7
Paikauhale →mag 2.8

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To 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.