K-type star · orange

HR 3238

392 lybrightness mag 6.38K2III

Also catalogued as HD 69002 · HIP 40291

4,428 K

temperature

6.38

apparent magnitude

35.38× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

392 years

at light speed from Earth

0.77×

as hot as the Sun

35.38×

the Sun's light output

0.98

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 3238K-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3199 →16 ly apart
HR 3266 →24 ly apart
HR 3385 →36 ly apart
Bet Pyx →47 ly apart
HR 2937 →59 ly apart
HR 3463 →60 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.