Tags: Star.
HD 174179 is a 6th magnitude star in the constellation Lyra approximately 1100 light years from Earth. It is a bluish white subgiant star of the spectral type B3IVp meaning it possesses a surface temperature of 11000 to 25000 kelvins. Its surface is at least twice as hot as the Sun and it is larger and brighter in comparison. The p in its spectral type signifies that there is an unspecified peculiarity with the star’s spectral type.