K-type star · orange

HR 2462

477 lybrightness mag 5.05G8III

Also catalogued as HD 47973 · HIP 31765

4,750 K

temperature

5.05

apparent magnitude

178× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

477 years

at light speed from Earth

0.82×

as hot as the Sun

178×

the Sun's light output

-0.78

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2462K-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2579 →41 ly apart
HR 2761 →53 ly apart
HR 2658 →63 ly apart
HR 2815 →65 ly apart
Eta Col →73 ly apart
HR 2008 →74 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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.0To 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.