B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2870

745 lybrightness mag 5.95B3V+...

Also catalogued as HD 59499 · HIP 36345

12,610 K

temperature

5.95

apparent magnitude

189× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B3V+...

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

745 years

at light speed from Earth

2.18×

as hot as the Sun

189×

the Sun's light output

-0.84

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2870B-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2794 →37 ly apart
HR 3052 →62 ly apart
1 Pup →68 ly apart
HR 2770 →71 ly apart
HR 2790 →71 ly apart
HR 2956 →75 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 6.0To 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.