A-type star · white star

HR 7119

HR 7119 is a white star in the constellation Scutum 1,400 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,650 K, about 1.5 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,490× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.1 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,400 years ago.

1,400 lybrightness mag 5.08B3II

Also catalogued as HD 175156 · HIP 92814

8,650 K
temperature
5.08
apparent magnitude
1,490× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B3II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,400 years
at light speed from Earth
1.50×
as hot as the Sun
1,490×
the Sun's light output
-3.08
absolute magnitude
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HR 7119A-type
Sky regionScutumthis direction
StarHD 17432875 ly
StarHR 7249160 ly
StarHR 6825240 ly
StarAlpha Sctstar
StarBeta Sctstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Scutum
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.1To see it no equipment neededLook toward Scutum

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.