M-type star · red

HR 3170

2,091 lybrightness mag 5.25M2II

Also catalogued as HD 66888 · HIP 39487

3,297 K

temperature

5.25

apparent magnitude

2,842× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

M2II

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

2,091 years

at light speed from Earth

0.57×

as hot as the Sun

2,842×

the Sun's light output

-3.78

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 3170M-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3239 →190 ly apart
Aludra →340 ly apart
HR 3078 →380 ly apart
HR 3074 →400 ly apart
HR 3101 →410 ly apart
HR 3253 →450 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 5.3To 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.