A-type star · white star

HR 6473

815 lybrightness mag 6.34B8V

Also catalogued as HD 157546 · HIP 85195

9,585 K

temperature

6.34

apparent magnitude

158× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B8V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

815 years

at light speed from Earth

1.66×

as hot as the Sun

158×

the Sun's light output

-0.65

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6473A-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6428 →38 ly apart
52 Oph →69 ly apart
43 Oph →140 ly apart
57Mu Oph →160 ly apart
HR 6704 →170 ly apart
HR 6785 →170 ly apart

Bright stars in Ophiuchus

Sabik →mag 2.4
13Zet Oph →mag 2.5
Yed Prior →mag 2.7
Cebalrai →mag 2.8
27Kap Oph →mag 3.2
Yed Posterior →mag 3.2
42The Oph →mag 3.3
64Nu Oph →mag 3.3

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Ophiuchus

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.