A-type star · white star
HR 6762
HR 6762 is a white star in the constellation Sagittarius 2,346 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,008 K, about 1.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,466× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 2,346 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 165516 · HIP 88760
9,008 K
temperature
6.22
apparent magnitude
1,466× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B1/B2Ib
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,346 years
at light speed from Earth
1.56×
as hot as the Sun
1,466×
the Sun's light output
-3.06
absolute magnitude
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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.