A-type star · white star

HR 6422

HR 6422 is a white star in the constellation Scorpius 1,042 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,942 K, about 1.5 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 254× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,042 years ago.

1,042 lybrightness mag 6.36B5III

Also catalogued as HD 156325 · HIP 84650

8,942 K
temperature
6.36
apparent magnitude
254× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,042 years
at light speed from Earth
1.55×
as hot as the Sun
254×
the Sun's light output
-1.16
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To 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.