B-type star · blue-white star

5Xi 2CMa

441 lybrightness mag 4.54A0III

Also catalogued as HR 2414 · HD 46933 · HIP 31416

10,584 K

temperature

4.54

apparent magnitude

244× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A0III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

441 years

at light speed from Earth

1.83×

as hot as the Sun

244×

the Sun's light output

-1.12

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

5Xi 2CMaB-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HD 47012 →7.3 ly apart
HR 2495 →40 ly apart
8Nu 3CMa →41 ly apart
HR 2359 →47 ly apart
HR 2566 →51 ly apart
HR 2163 →55 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 4.5To 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.