B-type star · blue-white star

13Kap CMa

659 lybrightness mag 3.50B1.5IVne

Also catalogued as HR 2538 · HD 50013 · HIP 32759

11,849 K

temperature

3.50

apparent magnitude

1,415× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B1.5IVne

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

659 years

at light speed from Earth

2.05×

as hot as the Sun

1,415×

the Sun's light output

-3.03

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

13Kap CMaB-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2545 →13 ly apart
HR 2604 →45 ly apart
HR 2388 →68 ly apart
HR 2756 →71 ly apart
HR 2619 →74 ly apart
HR 2685 →79 ly apart

Bright stars in Canis Major

Adhara →mag 1.5
Wezen →mag 1.8
Mirzam →mag 2.0
Aludra →mag 2.5
Furud →mag 3.0
24Omi2CMa →mag 3.0
Nganurganity →mag 3.5
16Omi1CMa →mag 3.9

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 3.5To see it no equipment neededLook toward Canis Major

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.