B-type star · blue-white star

HR 6720

HR 6720 is a blue-white star in the constellation Hercules 1,129 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 10,853 K, about 1.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 282× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,129 years ago.

1,129 lybrightness mag 6.42B8Vn

Also catalogued as HD 164447 · HIP 88172

10,853 K
temperature
6.42
apparent magnitude
282× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B8Vn
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,129 years
at light speed from Earth
1.88×
as hot as the Sun
282×
the Sun's light output
-1.28
absolute magnitude
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HR 6720B-type
Sky regionHerculesthis direction
StarHR 6820130 ly
Star96 Her190 ly
StarHR 6943190 ly
StarKornephorosstar
StarRasalgethistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hercules
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hercules

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.