B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2897

2,013 lybrightness mag 6.21B2II

Also catalogued as HD 60325 · HIP 36736

10,956 K

temperature

6.21

apparent magnitude

1,088× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2II

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

2,013 years

at light speed from Earth

1.90×

as hot as the Sun

1,088×

the Sun's light output

-2.74

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2897B-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3026 →180 ly apart
HR 2694 →260 ly apart
HR 2732 →260 ly apart
HR 2699 →310 ly apart
HR 2876 →330 ly apart
HR 2928 →370 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 6.2To 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.