A-type star · white star

HR 797

414 lybrightness mag 6.32A2V

Also catalogued as HD 16861 · HIP 12647

9,391 K

temperature

6.32

apparent magnitude

41.69× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A2V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

414 years

at light speed from Earth

1.63×

as hot as the Sun

41.69×

the Sun's light output

0.80

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 797A-type

Sky regionAriesthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 751 →37 ly apart
HR 908 →56 ly apart
HR 952 →56 ly apart
HR 948 →61 ly apart
65Xi 1Cet →61 ly apart
HR 942 →67 ly apart

Bright stars in Aries

Hamal →mag 2.0
Sheratan →mag 2.6
Bharani →mag 3.6
Mesarthim →mag 3.9
Botein →mag 4.3
Lilii Borea →mag 4.5
48Eps Ari →mag 4.6
35 Ari →mag 4.7

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Aries

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.