M-type star · red

HD 63696

921 lybrightness mag 6.34K5III

Also catalogued as HIP 38206

3,568 K

temperature

6.34

apparent magnitude

202× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K5III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

921 years

at light speed from Earth

0.62×

as hot as the Sun

202×

the Sun's light output

-0.92

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HD 63696M-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HD 61589 →60 ly apart
HR 3189 →94 ly apart
HR 2825 →100 ly apart
20 Pup →110 ly apart
21 Pup →110 ly apart
HR 3174 →130 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 6.3To 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.