K-type star · orange

6Nu 1CMa

351 lybrightness mag 5.71G8/K0III+..

Also catalogued as HR 2423 · HD 47138 · HIP 31564

5,140 K

temperature

5.71

apparent magnitude

52.38× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8/K0III+..

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

351 years

at light speed from Earth

0.89×

as hot as the Sun

52.38×

the Sun's light output

0.55

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

6Nu 1CMaK-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2403 →32 ly apart
HR 2379 →43 ly apart
HR 2565 →46 ly apart
HR 2664 →46 ly apart
HR 2305 →47 ly apart
HR 2469 →58 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 5.7To 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.