A-type star · white star

5Eta CMi

318 lybrightness mag 5.22F0III

Also catalogued as HR 2851 · HD 58923 · HIP 36265

8,004 K

temperature

5.22

apparent magnitude

67.67× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F0III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

318 years

at light speed from Earth

1.39×

as hot as the Sun

67.67×

the Sun's light output

0.27

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

5Eta CMiA-type

Sky regionCanis Minorthis direction

Nearest stars

4Gam CMi →11 ly apart
1 CMi →27 ly apart
11 CMi →36 ly apart
HR 2647 →40 ly apart
HR 2728 →41 ly apart
HR 3097 →46 ly apart

Bright stars in Canis Minor

Gomeisa →mag 2.9
4Gam CMi →mag 4.3
6 CMi →mag 4.5
2Eps CMi →mag 5.0
13Zet CMi →mag 5.1
7Del1CMi →mag 5.2
11 CMi →mag 5.3
14 CMi →mag 5.3

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.2To see it no equipment neededLook toward Canis Minor

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.