A-type star · white star

HR 2558

180 lybrightness mag 5.94A3V

Also catalogued as HD 50445 · HIP 32938

8,297 K

temperature

5.94

apparent magnitude

11.17× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A3V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

180 years

at light speed from Earth

1.44×

as hot as the Sun

11.17×

the Sun's light output

2.23

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2558A-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2677 →11 ly apart
HR 2353 →22 ly apart
Kap Col →23 ly apart
HR 2746 →32 ly apart
HR 2265 →32 ly apart
HR 2720 →32 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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.9To 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.