A-type star · white star

HR 6478

HR 6478 is a white star in the constellation Ara 2,965 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,402 K, about 1.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 3,142× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.9 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 2,965 years ago.

2,965 lybrightness mag 5.90B9II

Also catalogued as HD 157662 · HIP 85409

9,402 K
temperature
5.90
apparent magnitude
3,142× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B9II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,965 years
at light speed from Earth
1.63×
as hot as the Sun
3,142×
the Sun's light output
-3.89
absolute magnitude
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HR 6478A-type
Sky regionArathis direction
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Bright stars in Ara
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Ara

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.