A-type star · white star

HD 153919

HD 153919 is a white star in the constellation Scorpius. Its surface is about 7,705 K, about 1.3 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 22,284,351× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars.

brightness mag 6.48O5f

Also catalogued as HIP 83499

7,705 K
temperature
6.48
apparent magnitude
22,284,351× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
O5f
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
–
at light speed from Earth
1.33×
as hot as the Sun
22,284,351×
the Sun's light output
-13.52
absolute magnitude
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HD 153919A-type
Sky regionScorpiusthis direction
StarHR 639216,000 ly
StarHR 645021,000 ly
StarHR 633421,000 ly
StarShaulastar
StarSargasstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Scorpius
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To 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.