G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

HR 2957

3,136 lybrightness mag 5.68F4Iab

Also catalogued as HD 61715 · HIP 37174

5,660 K

temperature

5.68

apparent magnitude

4,305× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F4Iab

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

3,136 years

at light speed from Earth

0.98×

as hot as the Sun

4,305×

the Sun's light output

-4.24

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2957G-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3219 →710 ly apart
HR 3359 →710 ly apart
HR 3195 →740 ly apart
HR 3232 →740 ly apart
HR 3452 →790 ly apart
HD 69904 →790 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 5.7To 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.