K-type star · orange

Sig Pup

194 lybrightness mag 3.25K5III SB

Also catalogued as HR 2878 · HD 59717 · HIP 36377

3,780 K

temperature

3.25

apparent magnitude

154× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K5III SB

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

194 years

at light speed from Earth

0.65×

as hot as the Sun

154×

the Sun's light output

-0.62

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Sig PupK-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2746 →15 ly apart
HR 2748 →19 ly apart
HR 3140 →26 ly apart
HR 2672 →26 ly apart
HR 3002 →27 ly apart
Tau Pup →34 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
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 3.3To 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.