A-type star · white star

HR 2791

463 lybrightness mag 5.24A0V

Also catalogued as HD 57240 · HIP 35393

9,812 K

temperature

5.24

apparent magnitude

140× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A0V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

463 years

at light speed from Earth

1.70×

as hot as the Sun

140×

the Sun's light output

-0.52

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2791A-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2658 →47 ly apart
HR 2727 →53 ly apart
HD 63399 →54 ly apart
HR 2579 →57 ly apart
HR 2488 →58 ly apart
HR 2761 →62 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 5.2To 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.