A-type star · white star

HD 155985

HD 155985 is a white star in the constellation Scorpius. Its surface is about 8,265 K, about 1.4 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 22,698,649× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars.

brightness mag 6.46B0.5Iab:

Also catalogued as HIP 84556

8,265 K
temperature
6.46
apparent magnitude
22,698,649× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B0.5Iab:
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
–
at light speed from Earth
1.43×
as hot as the Sun
22,698,649×
the Sun's light output
-13.54
absolute magnitude
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HD 155985A-type
Sky regionScorpiusthis direction
StarHR 639229,000 ly
StarHR 626329,000 ly
StarHR 624931,000 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.