B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2964

HR 2964 is a blue-white star in the constellation Puppis 1,148 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 11,107 K, about 1.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 536× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.8 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,148 years ago.

1,148 lybrightness mag 5.76B3III

Also catalogued as HD 61899 · HIP 37329

11,107 K
temperature
5.76
apparent magnitude
536× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,148 years
at light speed from Earth
1.92×
as hot as the Sun
536×
the Sun's light output
-1.97
absolute magnitude
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HR 2964B-type
Sky regionPuppisthis direction
StarHR 301727 ly
StarHR 291159 ly
StarHR 303597 ly
StarPi Pupstar
StarTureisstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Puppis
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.