M-type star · red

HR 2608

861 lybrightness mag 4.94M1III

Also catalogued as HD 51799 · HIP 33357

3,557 K

temperature

4.94

apparent magnitude

641× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

M1III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

861 years

at light speed from Earth

0.62×

as hot as the Sun

641×

the Sun's light output

-2.17

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2608M-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2523 →57 ly apart
HR 2771 →120 ly apart
HR 2691 →140 ly apart
HR 3020 →150 ly apart
HR 2211 →160 ly apart
HD 49219 →170 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 4.9To 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.