B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2759

547 lybrightness mag 5.95B4III/IV

Also catalogued as HD 56410 · HIP 35054

12,409 K

temperature

5.95

apparent magnitude

102× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B4III/IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

547 years

at light speed from Earth

2.15×

as hot as the Sun

102×

the Sun's light output

-0.17

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2759B-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2875 →37 ly apart
HR 2789 →52 ly apart
HR 2961 →55 ly apart
HR 2945 →58 ly apart
HR 2963 →62 ly apart
HR 3069 →69 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 6.0To 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.