B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3479

1,583 lybrightness mag 5.74B2III

Also catalogued as HD 74824 · HIP 42923

12,273 K

temperature

5.74

apparent magnitude

1,038× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,583 years

at light speed from Earth

2.13×

as hot as the Sun

1,038×

the Sun's light output

-2.69

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 3479B-type

Sky regionPyxisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3388 →87 ly apart
HR 3373 →120 ly apart
HR 3501 →150 ly apart
HR 3283 →160 ly apart
HR 3253 →180 ly apart
HD 76004 →230 ly apart

Bright stars in Pyxis

Alp Pyx →mag 3.7
Bet Pyx →mag 4.0
Gam Pyx →mag 4.0
Kap Pyx →mag 4.6
The Pyx →mag 4.7
Lam Pyx →mag 4.7
Zet Pyx →mag 4.9
Del Pyx →mag 4.9

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Pyxis

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.