B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2971

626 lybrightness mag 6.06B9IV-Vp...

Also catalogued as HD 61966 · HIP 37248

11,885 K

temperature

6.06

apparent magnitude

121× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B9IV-Vp...

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

626 years

at light speed from Earth

2.06×

as hot as the Sun

121×

the Sun's light output

-0.36

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2971B-type

Sky regionCarinathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2862 →38 ly apart
HR 3161 →54 ly apart
HR 2941 →55 ly apart
HR 3012 →59 ly apart
HR 2652 →71 ly apart
HR 3368 →84 ly apart

Bright stars in Carina

Miaplacidus →mag 1.7
Avior →mag 1.9
Aspidiske →mag 2.2
The Car →mag 2.7
Ups Car →mag 2.9
Ome Car →mag 3.3
Chi Car →mag 3.5
Eta Car →mag 6.2

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Carina

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.