B-type star · blue-white star

4Xi 1CMa

1,382 lybrightness mag 4.34B1III

Also catalogued as HR 2387 · HD 46328 · HIP 31125

14,777 K

temperature

4.34

apparent magnitude

2,871× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B1III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,382 years

at light speed from Earth

2.56×

as hot as the Sun

2,871×

the Sun's light output

-3.79

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

4Xi 1CMaB-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2380 →180 ly apart
HR 2623 →180 ly apart
HR 2625 →180 ly apart
HR 2166 →190 ly apart
15 CMa →210 ly apart
HR 2303 →230 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 4.3To 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.