M-type star · red

HR 2591

1,639 lybrightness mag 6.32C3II

Also catalogued as HD 51208 · HIP 33189

2,898 K

temperature

6.32

apparent magnitude

652× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

C3II

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,639 years

at light speed from Earth

0.50×

as hot as the Sun

652×

the Sun's light output

-2.19

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2591M-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2445 →110 ly apart
HR 3037 →300 ly apart
HR 3055 →300 ly apart
HR 3114 →330 ly apart
HR 2510 →340 ly apart
HR 3090 →340 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 6.3To 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.