G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

Nosaxa

279 lybrightness mag 8.05G5IV/V

Also catalogued as HD 48265 · HIP 31895

5,446 K

temperature

8.05

apparent magnitude

3.83× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G5IV/V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

279 years

at light speed from Earth

0.94×

as hot as the Sun

3.83×

the Sun's light output

3.39

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

NosaxaG-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2634 →39 ly apart
Pi 1Col →42 ly apart
HR 2049 →46 ly apart
HR 2719 →46 ly apart
HR 1984 →48 ly apart
HR 2482 →49 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 8.1To 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.