A-type star · white star

HR 6570

HR 6570 is a white star in the constellation Hercules 227 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,503 K, about 1.5 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 16.20× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 227 years ago.

227 lybrightness mag 6.04A5V

Also catalogued as HD 160054 · HIP 86178

8,503 K
temperature
6.04
apparent magnitude
16.20× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A5V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
227 years
at light speed from Earth
1.47×
as hot as the Sun
16.20×
the Sun's light output
1.83
absolute magnitude
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HR 6570A-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
Star87 Her27 ly
StarHR 665430 ly
Star79 Her35 ly
StarKornephorosstar
StarRasalgethistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To 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.