A-type star · white star

HR 6936

290 lybrightness mag 5.37A5V

Also catalogued as HD 170479 · HIP 90763

8,305 K

temperature

5.37

apparent magnitude

48.93× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A5V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

290 years

at light speed from Earth

1.44×

as hot as the Sun

48.93×

the Sun's light output

0.63

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 6936A-type

Sky regionSagittariusthis direction

StarHR 687418 ly

StarHR 691441 ly

StarHR 690946 ly

StarKaus Australisstar

StarNunkistar

Nearest stars

HR 6874 →18 ly apart
HR 6914 →41 ly apart
HR 6909 →46 ly apart
HR 6786 →49 ly apart
HR 7122 →56 ly apart
35Nu 2Sgr →59 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 5.4To 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.