G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 2998

80.5 lybrightness mag 5.04G5IV

Also catalogued as HD 62644 · HIP 37606 · Gliese Gl 284

5,388 K

temperature

5.04

apparent magnitude

5.11× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G5IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

80 years

at light speed from Earth

0.93×

as hot as the Sun

5.11×

the Sun's light output

3.08

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2998G-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

StarHR 274013 ly

StarHR 254813 ly

StarGliese Gl 321.3B19 ly

StarNaosstar

StarPi Pupstar

Nearest stars

HR 2740 →13 ly apart
HR 2548 →13 ly apart
Gliese Gl 321.3B →19 ly apart
Alsephina →19 ly apart
HR 3270 →21 ly apart
HR 3570 →21 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.