B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2921

1,269 lybrightness mag 5.66B2/3V(n)

Also catalogued as HD 60855 · HIP 36981

11,046 K

temperature

5.66

apparent magnitude

718× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2/3V(n)

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,269 years

at light speed from Earth

1.91×

as hot as the Sun

718×

the Sun's light output

-2.29

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2921B-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2867 →100 ly apart
HR 3042 →150 ly apart
HR 3047 →150 ly apart
HR 3027 →160 ly apart
HR 2855 →200 ly apart
10 Pup →200 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 5.7To 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.