K-type star · orange

HD 69904

3,136 lybrightness mag 6.42M0III + A3/5

Also catalogued as HIP 40639

3,877 K

temperature

6.42

apparent magnitude

2,178× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

M0III + A3/5

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

3,136 years

at light speed from Earth

0.67×

as hot as the Sun

2,178×

the Sun's light output

-3.50

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HD 69904K-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3219 →120 ly apart
HR 3177 →370 ly apart
HR 3195 →410 ly apart
HR 3359 →690 ly apart
HR 3525 →760 ly apart
HR 2957 →790 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.