F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 6948

HR 6948 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Corona Australis 121 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,729 K, about 1.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 3.87× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 121 years ago.

121 lybrightness mag 6.22F5V

Also catalogued as HD 170773 · HIP 90936

6,729 K

temperature

6.22

apparent magnitude

3.87× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F5V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

121 years

at light speed from Earth

1.17×

as hot as the Sun

3.87×

the Sun's light output

3.38

absolute magnitude

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HR 6948F-type

Sky regionCorona Australisthis direction

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Bright stars in Corona Australis

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Brightness mag 6.2To 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.