B-type star · blue-white star

HR 7179

979 lybrightness mag 6.20B3V

Also catalogued as HD 176502 · HIP 93177

12,409 K

temperature

6.20

apparent magnitude

260× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B3V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

979 years

at light speed from Earth

2.15×

as hot as the Sun

260×

the Sun's light output

-1.19

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 7179B-type

Sky regionLyrathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 7185 →36 ly apart
11Del1Lyr →67 ly apart
HR 7073 →80 ly apart
HR 7115 →88 ly apart
HR 7017 →110 ly apart
18Iot Lyr →120 ly apart

Bright stars in Lyra

Sulafat →mag 3.3
Sheliak →mag 3.5
13 Lyr →mag 4.1
12Del2Lyr →mag 4.2
1Kap Lyr →mag 4.3
6Zet1Lyr →mag 4.3
21The Lyr →mag 4.3
Aladfar →mag 4.4

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Lyra

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.