B-type star · blue-white star

Eta Lup

442 lybrightness mag 3.42B2.5IV

Also catalogued as HR 5948 · HD 143118 · HIP 78384

13,731 K

temperature

3.42

apparent magnitude

685× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2.5IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

442 years

at light speed from Earth

2.38×

as hot as the Sun

685×

the Sun's light output

-2.24

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Eta LupB-type

Sky regionLupusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 5943 →26 ly apart
The Lup →31 ly apart
HR 6080 →37 ly apart
HR 6100 →42 ly apart
HR 5967 →43 ly apart
HR 5846 →45 ly apart

Bright stars in Lupus

Uridim →mag 2.3
Bet Lup →mag 2.7
Gam Lup →mag 2.8
Del Lup →mag 3.2
Eps Lup →mag 3.4
Zet Lup →mag 3.4
Iot Lup →mag 3.5
Phi1Lup →mag 3.6

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 3.4To see it no equipment neededLook toward Lupus

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.