A-type star · white star

HR 6376

HR 6376 is a white star in the constellation Hercules 441 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,743 K, about 1.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 46.43× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 441 years ago.

441 lybrightness mag 6.34A2IV

Also catalogued as HD 155102 · HIP 83816

9,743 K
temperature
6.34
apparent magnitude
46.43× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A2IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
441 years
at light speed from Earth
1.69×
as hot as the Sun
46.43×
the Sun's light output
0.68
absolute magnitude
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HR 6376A-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
StarHR 659953 ly
StarHR 656354 ly
StarRho Her58 ly
StarKornephorosstar
StarRasalgethistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hercules

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.