M-type star · red

HR 3296

1,091 lybrightness mag 6.28M2III

Also catalogued as HD 70946 · HIP 41107

3,631 K

temperature

6.28

apparent magnitude

300× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

M2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,091 years

at light speed from Earth

0.63×

as hot as the Sun

300×

the Sun's light output

-1.34

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 3296M-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3241 →78 ly apart
Naos →80 ly apart
HR 3240 →90 ly apart
HD 75989 →120 ly apart
HR 3362 →120 ly apart
HR 3282 →130 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 6.3To 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.