F-type star · yellow-white star

2 Pup

brightness mag 7.03A0/A1V

Also catalogued as HR 3009 · HD 62863 · HIP 37842

7,187 K

temperature

7.03

apparent magnitude

13,427,650× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A0/A1V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

1.25×

as hot as the Sun

13,427,650×

the Sun's light output

-12.97

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

2 PupF-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2785 →44,000 ly apart
HR 2806 →46,000 ly apart
HR 2839 →50,000 ly apart
HR 2679 →55,000 ly apart
HR 2670 →60,000 ly apart
HR 2690 →73,000 ly apart

Bright stars in Puppis

Naos →mag 2.2
Pi Pup →mag 2.7
Tureis →mag 2.8
Tau Pup →mag 2.9
Pipit →mag 3.2
Sig Pup →mag 3.3
Azmidi →mag 3.3
3 Pup →mag 3.9

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 7.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Puppis

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.