M-type star · red

16Omi1CMa

brightness mag 3.89K3Iab

Also catalogued as HR 2580 · HD 50877 · HIP 33152

3,465 K

temperature

3.89

apparent magnitude

242,102,905× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K3Iab

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

0.60×

as hot as the Sun

242,102,905×

the Sun's light output

-16.11

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

16Omi1CMaM-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2595 →7,400 ly apart
HR 2690 →17,000 ly apart
HR 2734 →31,000 ly apart
10 CMa →41,000 ly apart
HR 2839 →43,000 ly apart
HR 2785 →43,000 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 3.9To 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.