A-type star · white star

HR 2488

442 lybrightness mag 6.30A8:+...

Also catalogued as HD 48797 · HIP 32208

7,740 K

temperature

6.30

apparent magnitude

48.31× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A8:+...

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

442 years

at light speed from Earth

1.34×

as hot as the Sun

48.31×

the Sun's light output

0.64

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2488A-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2658 →42 ly apart
HR 2407 →52 ly apart
HR 2727 →52 ly apart
HR 2579 →52 ly apart
HR 2262 →55 ly apart
HR 2411 →56 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 6.3To 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.