A-type star · white star

HR 6283

HR 6283 is a white star in the constellation Scorpius 2,363 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,952 K, about 1.4 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,543× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 2,363 years ago.

2,363 lybrightness mag 6.18B0.5Ia

Also catalogued as HD 152667 · HIP 82911

7,952 K
temperature
6.18
apparent magnitude
1,543× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B0.5Ia
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,363 years
at light speed from Earth
1.38×
as hot as the Sun
1,543×
the Sun's light output
-3.12
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To 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.