K-type star · orange

HR 3261

452 lybrightness mag 6.43K0III

Also catalogued as HD 69879 · HIP 40656

4,649 K

temperature

6.43

apparent magnitude

44.75× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K0III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

452 years

at light speed from Earth

0.81×

as hot as the Sun

44.75×

the Sun's light output

0.72

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 3261K-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3160 →38 ly apart
HR 3315 →52 ly apart
HR 3385 →56 ly apart
HR 3266 →57 ly apart
Bet Pyx →64 ly apart
HR 3463 →64 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 6.4To 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.