B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2954

997 lybrightness mag 5.78B3III

Also catalogued as HD 61641 · HIP 37223

12,449 K

temperature

5.78

apparent magnitude

397× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

997 years

at light speed from Earth

2.16×

as hot as the Sun

397×

the Sun's light output

-1.65

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2954B-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2856 →70 ly apart
HR 3035 →75 ly apart
HR 2873 →120 ly apart
HR 2726 →120 ly apart
HR 3240 →130 ly apart
HR 3237 →140 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 5.8To 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.