B-type star · blue-white star

27 CMa

1,735 lybrightness mag 4.42B3III

Also catalogued as HR 2745 · HD 56014 · HIP 34981

12,902 K

temperature

4.42

apparent magnitude

4,203× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,735 years

at light speed from Earth

2.24×

as hot as the Sun

4,203×

the Sun's light output

-4.21

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

27 CMaB-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2704 →120 ly apart
HR 2743 →120 ly apart
Wezen →130 ly apart
29 CMa →180 ly apart
HR 2544 →220 ly apart
HR 2928 →260 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 4.4To 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.