B-type star · blue-white star

15 CMa

1,217 lybrightness mag 4.82B1Ib

Also catalogued as HR 2571 · HD 50707 · HIP 33092

13,881 K

temperature

4.82

apparent magnitude

1,431× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B1Ib

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,217 years

at light speed from Earth

2.40×

as hot as the Sun

1,431×

the Sun's light output

-3.04

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

15 CMaB-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2535 →74 ly apart
HR 2623 →80 ly apart
18Mu CMa →140 ly apart
HR 2855 →180 ly apart
Nganurganity →190 ly apart
HR 2433 →190 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
13Kap CMa →mag 3.5

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.8To 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.