B-type star · blue-white star

HR 6532

441 lybrightness mag 6.42B9.5V

Also catalogued as HD 159082 · HIP 85826

10,290 K

temperature

6.42

apparent magnitude

43.13× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B9.5V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

441 years

at light speed from Earth

1.78×

as hot as the Sun

43.13×

the Sun's light output

0.76

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6532B-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6611 →47 ly apart
HR 6481 →49 ly apart
HR 6390 →50 ly apart
HR 6432 →52 ly apart
HR 6604 →55 ly apart
HR 6433 →59 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 6.4To 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.