K-type star · orange

HR 3253

1,656 lybrightness mag 6.15K2III

Also catalogued as HD 69511 · HIP 40485

3,721 K

temperature

6.15

apparent magnitude

778× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,656 years

at light speed from Earth

0.64×

as hot as the Sun

778×

the Sun's light output

-2.38

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 3253K-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3225 →120 ly apart
HR 3283 →170 ly apart
HR 3388 →170 ly apart
HR 3479 →180 ly apart
HR 3373 →190 ly apart
HR 3114 →250 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 6.2To 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.