A-type star · white star

HR 6530

HR 6530 is a white star in the constellation Ara 956 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,824 K, about 1.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 274× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 956 years ago.

956 lybrightness mag 6.09B9III

Also catalogued as HD 159018 · HIP 86064

9,824 K
temperature
6.09
apparent magnitude
274× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B9III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
956 years
at light speed from Earth
1.70×
as hot as the Sun
274×
the Sun's light output
-1.25
absolute magnitude
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HR 6530A-type
Sky regionArathis direction
StarHR 648745 ly
StarHR 662250 ly
StarIota Ara100 ly
StarBeta Arastar
StarAlpha Arastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Ara
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.