B-type star · blue-white star

HR 6716

brightness mag 5.72B0Iab...

Also catalogued as HD 164402 · HIP 88298

10,516 K

temperature

5.72

apparent magnitude

44,874,539× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B0Iab...

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

1.82×

as hot as the Sun

44,874,539×

the Sun's light output

-14.28

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6716B-type

Sky regionSagittariusthis direction

Star9 Sgr9,400 ly

StarHR 667215,000 ly

StarPolis18,000 ly

StarKaus Australisstar

StarNunkistar

Nearest stars

9 Sgr →9,400 ly apart
HR 6672 →15,000 ly apart
Polis →18,000 ly apart
15 Sgr →21,000 ly apart
16 Sgr →22,000 ly apart
25 Sgr →43,000 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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook 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.