B-type star · blue-white star

29 CMa

1,907 lybrightness mag 4.88O7f

Also catalogued as HR 2781 · HD 57060 · HIP 35412

12,692 K

temperature

4.88

apparent magnitude

3,327× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

O7f

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,907 years

at light speed from Earth

2.20×

as hot as the Sun

3,327×

the Sun's light output

-3.96

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

29 CMaB-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2704 →95 ly apart
27 CMa →180 ly apart
Aludra →190 ly apart
HR 2743 →260 ly apart
HR 2928 →300 ly apart
Wezen →310 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 4.9To 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.