K-type star · orange

HR 2794

735 lybrightness mag 6.31K2/K3III

Also catalogued as HD 57299 · HIP 35463

4,118 K

temperature

6.31

apparent magnitude

132× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2/K3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

735 years

at light speed from Earth

0.71×

as hot as the Sun

132×

the Sun's light output

-0.45

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2794K-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2870 →37 ly apart
HR 2770 →42 ly apart
HR 2790 →45 ly apart
HR 2621 →71 ly apart
HR 2842 →77 ly apart
HR 2834 →79 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.