K-type star · orange

HR 3243

298 lybrightness mag 4.42K1II/III

Also catalogued as HD 69142 · HIP 40326

4,368 K

temperature

4.42

apparent magnitude

124× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K1II/III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

298 years

at light speed from Earth

0.76×

as hot as the Sun

124×

the Sun's light output

-0.39

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 3243K-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3439 →32 ly apart
HR 3121 →32 ly apart
HR 3251 →55 ly apart
HR 3148 →59 ly apart
HR 3614 →59 ly apart
HR 3080 →59 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 4.4To 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.