A-type star · white star

HR 6559

HR 6559 is a white star in the constellation Hercules 368 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,289 K, about 1.4 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 39.92× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 368 years ago.

368 lybrightness mag 6.11A7IV

Also catalogued as HD 159834 · HIP 86118

8,289 K
temperature
6.11
apparent magnitude
39.92× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A7IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
368 years
at light speed from Earth
1.44×
as hot as the Sun
39.92×
the Sun's light output
0.85
absolute magnitude
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HR 6559A-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
StarMaasym34 ly
StarHR 674445 ly
Star83 Her46 ly
StarKornephorosstar
StarZeta Herstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hercules

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.