A-type star · white star

HR 6762

2,346 lybrightness mag 6.22B1/B2Ib

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

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6762A-type

Sky regionSagittariusthis direction

StarHR 6617280 ly

Star6 Sgr340 ly

Star24 Sgr380 ly

StarKaus Australisstar

StarNunkistar

Nearest stars

HR 6617 →280 ly apart
6 Sgr →340 ly apart
24 Sgr →380 ly apart
36Xi 1Sgr →530 ly apart
HR 7182 →580 ly apart
HR 6692 →600 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.