K-type star · orange

8Nu 3CMa

421 lybrightness mag 4.42K0II/III

Also catalogued as HR 2443 · HD 47442 · HIP 31700

4,436 K

temperature

4.42

apparent magnitude

248× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K0II/III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

421 years

at light speed from Earth

0.77×

as hot as the Sun

248×

the Sun's light output

-1.14

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

8Nu 3CMaK-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2566 →28 ly apart
HR 2498 →29 ly apart
HD 47012 →34 ly apart
HR 2359 →39 ly apart
5Xi 2CMa →41 ly apart
HR 2244 →52 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 4.4To 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.