B-type star · blue-white star

HR 6839

HR 6839 is a blue-white star in the constellation Corona Australis. Its surface is about 12,370 K, about 2.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 26,302,680× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars.

brightness mag 6.30B0.5Ia

Also catalogued as HD 167756 · HIP 89726

12,370 K
temperature
6.30
apparent magnitude
26,302,680× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B0.5Ia
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
–
at light speed from Earth
2.14×
as hot as the Sun
26,302,680×
the Sun's light output
-13.70
absolute magnitude
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HR 6839B-type
Sky regionCorona Australisthis direction
StarHD 17415235,000 ly
StarHR 678849,000 ly
StarHR 666051,000 ly
StarBeta CrAstar
StarMeridianastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Corona Australis
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Corona Australis

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.