F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 6797

153 lybrightness mag 5.67F5V

Also catalogued as HD 166285 · HIP 89000

6,435 K

temperature

5.67

apparent magnitude

10.35× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F5V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

153 years

at light speed from Earth

1.11×

as hot as the Sun

10.35×

the Sun's light output

2.31

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6797F-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6857 →13 ly apart
73 Oph →26 ly apart
HR 6999 →26 ly apart
Alya →31 ly apart
HR 6722 →33 ly apart
HR 6534 →34 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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook 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.