B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2691

HR 2691 is a blue-white star in the constellation Puppis 777 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 12,650 K, about 2.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 236× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.8 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 777 years ago.

777 lybrightness mag 5.80B3V

Also catalogued as HD 54475 · HIP 34339

12,650 K
temperature
5.80
apparent magnitude
236× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B3V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
777 years
at light speed from Earth
2.19×
as hot as the Sun
236×
the Sun's light output
-1.08
absolute magnitude
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HR 2691B-type
Sky regionPuppisthis direction
StarHR 270251 ly
StarHR 279066 ly
StarPi Pup66 ly
StarNaosstar
StarTureisstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Puppis
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.8To 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.