A-type star · white star

HR 6589

HR 6589 is a white star in the constellation Hercules 556 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,652 K, about 1.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 73.59× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 556 years ago.

556 lybrightness mag 6.34A1V

Also catalogued as HD 160765 · HIP 86546

9,652 K
temperature
6.34
apparent magnitude
73.59× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A1V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
556 years
at light speed from Earth
1.67×
as hot as the Sun
73.59×
the Sun's light output
0.18
absolute magnitude
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HR 6589A-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
StarHR 664245 ly
StarHR 654350 ly
StarHR 665059 ly
StarKornephorosstar
StarRasalgethistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.