M-type star · red

Pi Pup

807 lybrightness mag 2.71K3Ib

Also catalogued as HR 2773 · HD 56855 · HIP 35264

3,627 K

temperature

2.71

apparent magnitude

4,397× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K3Ib

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

807 years

at light speed from Earth

0.63×

as hot as the Sun

4,397×

the Sun's light output

-4.26

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Pi PupM-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2787 →7.3 ly apart
HR 2790 →51 ly apart
HR 2770 →55 ly apart
HR 2691 →66 ly apart
HR 2907 →71 ly apart
HR 2549 →85 ly apart

Bright stars in Puppis

Naos →mag 2.2
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
11 Pup →mag 4.2

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 2.7To 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.