A-type star · white star

3 Pup

brightness mag 3.94A2Iab

Also catalogued as HR 2996 · HD 62623 · HIP 37677

8,486 K

temperature

3.94

apparent magnitude

231,206,479× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A2Iab

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

1.47×

as hot as the Sun

231,206,479×

the Sun's light output

-16.06

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

3 PupA-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2734 →39,000 ly apart
HR 2839 →46,000 ly apart
HR 3291 →51,000 ly apart
HR 2690 →55,000 ly apart
HR 2785 →64,000 ly apart
16Omi1CMa →69,000 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
11 Pup →mag 4.2

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 3.9To see it no equipment neededLook 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.