A-type star · white star

HR 2874

3,106 lybrightness mag 4.85A6Ib/II

Also catalogued as HD 59612 · HIP 36431

7,844 K

temperature

4.85

apparent magnitude

9,070× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A6Ib/II

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

3,106 years

at light speed from Earth

1.36×

as hot as the Sun

9,070×

the Sun's light output

-5.04

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2874A-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

30Tau CMa →200 ly apart
24Omi2CMa →470 ly apart
HR 2614 →530 ly apart
HR 3004 →550 ly apart
HR 2933 →590 ly apart
HR 2800 →650 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 4.8To 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.