B-type star · blue-white star

HR 7269

HR 7269 is a blue-white star in the constellation Aquila 937 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 10,681 K, about 1.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 209× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 937 years ago.

937 lybrightness mag 6.34B5Vn

Also catalogued as HD 178744 · HIP 94149

10,681 K
temperature
6.34
apparent magnitude
209× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B5Vn
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
937 years
at light speed from Earth
1.85×
as hot as the Sun
209×
the Sun's light output
-0.95
absolute magnitude
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HR 7269B-type
Sky regionAquilathis direction
StarHR 739798 ly
StarBeta Sct120 ly
Star20 Aql130 ly
StarTarazedstar
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Nearest stars
Bright stars in Aquila
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Aquila

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.