A-type star · white star

HR 6679

321 lybrightness mag 6.48A1V

Also catalogued as HD 163245 · HIP 87782

9,476 K

temperature

6.48

apparent magnitude

21.64× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A1V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

321 years

at light speed from Earth

1.64×

as hot as the Sun

21.64×

the Sun's light output

1.51

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6679A-type

Sky regionSagittariusthis direction

StarHR 679824 ly

StarHR 647247 ly

StarHR 666648 ly

StarKaus Australisstar

StarNunkistar

Nearest stars

HR 6798 →24 ly apart
HR 6472 →47 ly apart
HR 6666 →48 ly apart
Gam Sct →50 ly apart
HR 6933 →51 ly apart
HR 6969 →56 ly apart

Bright stars in Sagittarius

Kaus Australis →mag 1.8
Nunki →mag 2.0
Ascella →mag 2.6
Kaus Media →mag 2.7
Kaus Borealis →mag 2.8
Albaldah →mag 2.9
Alnasl →mag 3.0
Eta Sgr →mag 3.1

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Sagittarius

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.