B-type star · blue-white star

Gomeisa

162 lybrightness mag 2.89B8Vvar

Also catalogued as 3Bet CMi · HR 2845 · HD 58715 · HIP 36188

11,523 K

temperature

2.89

apparent magnitude

149× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B8Vvar

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

162 years

at light speed from Earth

2.00×

as hot as the Sun

149×

the Sun's light output

-0.59

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

GomeisaB-type

Sky regionCanis Minorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2779 →14 ly apart
8Del2CMi →29 ly apart
HR 2918 →35 ly apart
HR 3087 →39 ly apart
HR 2692 →39 ly apart
26 Gem →43 ly apart

Bright stars in Canis Minor

4Gam CMi →mag 4.3
6 CMi →mag 4.5
2Eps CMi →mag 5.0
13Zet CMi →mag 5.1
5Eta CMi →mag 5.2
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 2.9To 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.