B-type star · blue-white star

Aludra

1,989 lybrightness mag 2.45B5Ia

Also catalogued as 31Eta CMa · HR 2827 · HD 58350 · HIP 35904

11,295 K

temperature

2.45

apparent magnitude

33,916× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B5Ia

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,989 years

at light speed from Earth

1.96×

as hot as the Sun

33,916×

the Sun's light output

-6.48

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

AludraB-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

29 CMa →190 ly apart
HR 2704 →230 ly apart
HR 2743 →270 ly apart
27 CMa →280 ly apart
HR 2501 →300 ly apart
HR 3170 →340 ly apart

Bright stars in Canis Major

Adhara →mag 1.5
Wezen →mag 1.8
Mirzam →mag 2.0
Furud →mag 3.0
24Omi2CMa →mag 3.0
Nganurganity →mag 3.5
13Kap CMa →mag 3.5
16Omi1CMa →mag 3.9

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 2.5To 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.