Star · star

HR 6660

brightness mag 6.38B9V

Also catalogued as HD 162678

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temperature

6.38

apparent magnitude

24,434,306× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B9V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

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at light speed from Earth

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as hot as the Sun

24,434,306×

the Sun's light output

-13.62

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6660star

Sky regionScorpiusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6788 →21,000 ly apart
HR 6535 →26,000 ly apart
HR 6450 →40,000 ly apart
HR 6397 →46,000 ly apart
HR 6839 →51,000 ly apart
HR 6392 →53,000 ly apart

Bright stars in Scorpius

Shaula →mag 1.6
Sargas →mag 1.9
Dschubba →mag 2.3
Larawag →mag 2.3
Kap Sco →mag 2.4
Acrab →mag 2.6
Lesath →mag 2.7
Paikauhale →mag 2.8

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Scorpius

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.