G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

HR 3043

281 lybrightness mag 5.32G2

Also catalogued as HD 63660 · HIP 38146

5,433 K

temperature

5.32

apparent magnitude

48.31× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

281 years

at light speed from Earth

0.94×

as hot as the Sun

48.31×

the Sun's light output

0.64

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 3043G-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2900 →18 ly apart
HR 3068 →31 ly apart
HR 2899 →33 ly apart
HR 2988 →36 ly apart
HR 2750 →40 ly apart
HD 56578 →44 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 5.3To 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.