K-type star · orange

HR 2959

695 lybrightness mag 4.98K3III

Also catalogued as HD 61772 · HIP 37379

3,730 K

temperature

4.98

apparent magnitude

403× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

695 years

at light speed from Earth

0.65×

as hot as the Sun

403×

the Sun's light output

-1.66

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2959K-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3019 →61 ly apart
HD 61750 →80 ly apart
HR 2960 →89 ly apart
HD 67408 →95 ly apart
HR 2723 →98 ly apart
HR 2920 →98 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 5.0To 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.