F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 2740

69.9 lybrightness mag 4.49F0IV

Also catalogued as HD 55892 · HIP 34834 · Gliese Gl 268.1

7,313 K

temperature

4.49

apparent magnitude

6.40× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F0IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

70 years

at light speed from Earth

1.27×

as hot as the Sun

6.40×

the Sun's light output

2.83

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2740F-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2998 →13 ly apart
HR 2548 →14 ly apart
HR 2667 →16 ly apart
HR 2468 →19 ly apart
HR 3079 →19 ly apart
HR 3220 →20 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 4.5To 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.