Distance and Visibility
HD 69830 is an orange dwarf star of the spectral type K0V. The star has a mass of about 86 percent the Sun, 89 percent of its radius, and 45 percent of its luminosity. Containing 11 percent less iron than the Sun, recent age estimates indicated that the star is about 7 billion years old. HD 69830 is located about 41.0 light-years from the Sun, lying in the northeastern part of the constellation of Puppis (the Poop Deck). The star can be found east of Sirius, southwest of Procyon, northeast of Delta Canis Majoris, and north of Zeta Puppis.
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