B-type star · blue-white star

HR 6851

1,531 lybrightness mag 6.29B5V

Also catalogued as HD 168199 · HIP 89677

10,653 K

temperature

6.29

apparent magnitude

585× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B5V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,531 years

at light speed from Earth

1.85×

as hot as the Sun

585×

the Sun's light output

-2.07

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6851B-type

Sky regionOphiuchusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 6719 →240 ly apart
HR 7165 →280 ly apart
HR 6854 →280 ly apart
HR 7099 →340 ly apart
HR 6967 →350 ly apart
HR 6820 →360 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.