K-type star · orange

HR 2945

HR 2945 is an orange in the constellation Puppis 568 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,836 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 74.13× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 568 years ago.

568 lybrightness mag 6.38K4III

Also catalogued as HD 61453 · HIP 37128

3,836 K
temperature
6.38
apparent magnitude
74.13× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
568 years
at light speed from Earth
0.66×
as hot as the Sun
74.13×
the Sun's light output
0.17
absolute magnitude
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HR 2945K-type
Sky regionPuppisthis direction
StarHR 29635.7 ly
StarHR 296113 ly
StarHD 6329118 ly
StarNaosstar
StarPi Pupstar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To 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.