M-type star · red

HR 6838

977 lybrightness mag 5.81K2III

Also catalogued as HD 167720 · HIP 89609

3,693 K

temperature

5.81

apparent magnitude

370× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

977 years

at light speed from Earth

0.64×

as hot as the Sun

370×

the Sun's light output

-1.57

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6838M-type

Sky regionSagittariusthis direction

StarHR 6704100 ly

StarHR 7023120 ly

StarHR 7072140 ly

StarKaus Australisstar

StarNunkistar

Nearest stars

HR 6704 →100 ly apart
HR 7023 →120 ly apart
HR 7072 →140 ly apart
29 Sgr →140 ly apart
HR 6861 →160 ly apart
HR 6785 →160 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 5.8To 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.