K-type star · orange

HR 2881

1,503 lybrightness mag 4.65G2Ib...

Also catalogued as HD 59890 · HIP 36514

4,986 K

temperature

4.65

apparent magnitude

2,554× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G2Ib...

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,503 years

at light speed from Earth

0.86×

as hot as the Sun

2,554×

the Sun's light output

-3.67

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2881K-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2841 →170 ly apart
Omi Pup →180 ly apart
HR 2819 →180 ly apart
HR 2968 →200 ly apart
Wezen →210 ly apart
HR 2764 →230 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 4.7To 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.