K-type star · orange

HR 2988

316 lybrightness mag 5.64K1III

Also catalogued as HD 62412 · HIP 37590

4,767 K

temperature

5.64

apparent magnitude

45.25× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K1III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

316 years

at light speed from Earth

0.83×

as hot as the Sun

45.25×

the Sun's light output

0.71

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2988K-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2916 →13 ly apart
HR 2948 →31 ly apart
HR 3068 →32 ly apart
HR 3043 →36 ly apart
HD 56578 →38 ly apart
HR 2900 →42 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 5.6To 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.