B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2897

HR 2897 is a blue-white star in the constellation Puppis 2,013 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 10,956 K, about 1.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,088× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 2,013 years ago.

2,013 lybrightness mag 6.21B2II

Also catalogued as HD 60325 · HIP 36736

10,956 K
temperature
6.21
apparent magnitude
1,088× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B2II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,013 years
at light speed from Earth
1.90×
as hot as the Sun
1,088×
the Sun's light output
-2.74
absolute magnitude
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HR 2897B-type
Sky regionPuppisthis direction
StarHR 3026180 ly
StarHR 2694260 ly
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StarNaosstar
StarPi Pupstar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To 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.