A-type star · white star

HR 6696

375 lybrightness mag 6.33A1V

Also catalogued as HD 163772 · HIP 87910

8,748 K

temperature

6.33

apparent magnitude

33.79× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A1V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

375 years

at light speed from Earth

1.52×

as hot as the Sun

33.79×

the Sun's light output

1.03

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6696A-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6604 →36 ly apart
53 Oph →52 ly apart
HR 6906 →54 ly apart
HR 6887 →55 ly apart
HR 6744 →58 ly apart
HR 6577 →58 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.