A-type star · white star

HR 2979

1,169 lybrightness mag 6.33B9

Also catalogued as HD 62153 · HIP 36914

9,930 K

temperature

6.33

apparent magnitude

329× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,169 years

at light speed from Earth

1.72×

as hot as the Sun

329×

the Sun's light output

-1.44

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2979A-type

Sky regionVolansthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1964 →180 ly apart
HR 3186 →240 ly apart
HR 3642 →250 ly apart
HR 3949 →250 ly apart
HR 2337 →250 ly apart
HR 3713 →260 ly apart

Bright stars in Volans

Bet Vol →mag 3.8
Gam2Vol →mag 3.8
Zet Vol →mag 3.9
Del Vol →mag 4.0
Alp Vol →mag 4.0
Eps Vol →mag 4.3
The Vol →mag 5.2
Eta Vol →mag 5.3

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Volans

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.