B-type star · blue-white star

24Omi2CMa

2,764 lybrightness mag 3.02B3Ia

Also catalogued as HR 2653 · HD 53138 · HIP 33977

11,200 K

temperature

3.02

apparent magnitude

38,761× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B3Ia

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

2,764 years

at light speed from Earth

1.94×

as hot as the Sun

38,761×

the Sun's light output

-6.62

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

24Omi2CMaB-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2614 →170 ly apart
30Tau CMa →300 ly apart
HR 2800 →360 ly apart
20Iot CMa →410 ly apart
HR 2933 →430 ly apart
HR 2874 →470 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
Nganurganity →mag 3.5
13Kap CMa →mag 3.5
16Omi1CMa →mag 3.9

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 3.0To 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.