B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3004

2,589 lybrightness mag 5.62B2II

Also catalogued as HD 62747 · HIP 37751

13,372 K

temperature

5.62

apparent magnitude

3,099× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2II

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

2,589 years

at light speed from Earth

2.32×

as hot as the Sun

3,099×

the Sun's light output

-3.88

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 3004B-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2933 →100 ly apart
HR 2800 →270 ly apart
HR 2831 →410 ly apart
24Omi2CMa →480 ly apart
30Tau CMa →490 ly apart
HR 3177 →520 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 5.6To 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.