A-type star · white star

HR 6689

386 lybrightness mag 5.95A3V

Also catalogued as HD 163624 · HIP 87875

8,932 K

temperature

5.95

apparent magnitude

50.96× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A3V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

386 years

at light speed from Earth

1.55×

as hot as the Sun

50.96×

the Sun's light output

0.58

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6689A-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6639 →20 ly apart
HR 6667 →22 ly apart
HR 6659 →28 ly apart
HR 6686 →32 ly apart
HR 6800 →36 ly apart
HR 6575 →37 ly apart

Bright stars in Ophiuchus

Sabik →mag 2.4
13Zet Oph →mag 2.5
Yed Prior →mag 2.7
Cebalrai →mag 2.8
27Kap Oph →mag 3.2
Yed Posterior →mag 3.2
42The Oph →mag 3.3
64Nu Oph →mag 3.3

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Ophiuchus

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.