F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 6999

HR 6999 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Serpens 156 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,158 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 5.08× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 156 years ago.

156 lybrightness mag 6.49F9IV

Also catalogued as HD 172088 · HIP 91394

6,158 K
temperature
6.49
apparent magnitude
5.08× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F9IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
156 years
at light speed from Earth
1.07×
as hot as the Sun
5.08×
the Sun's light output
3.09
absolute magnitude
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HR 6999F-type
Sky regionSerpensthis direction
Star12 Aql21 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Serpens

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.