K-type star · orange

HR 2902

HR 2902 is an orange in the constellation Puppis 1,538 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,014 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 2,287× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 4.8 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,538 years ago.

1,538 lybrightness mag 4.82A4Ia

Also catalogued as HD 60414 · HIP 36773

4,014 K
temperature
4.82
apparent magnitude
2,287× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A4Ia
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,538 years
at light speed from Earth
0.70×
as hot as the Sun
2,287×
the Sun's light output
-3.55
absolute magnitude
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HR 2902K-type
Sky regionPuppisthis direction
StarHR 2859100 ly
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StarNaosstar
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Bright stars in Puppis
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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.