K-type star · orange

HR 2242

738 lybrightness mag 5.88K2III

Also catalogued as HD 43396 · HIP 29679

4,082 K

temperature

5.88

apparent magnitude

198× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

738 years

at light speed from Earth

0.71×

as hot as the Sun

198×

the Sun's light output

-0.89

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2242K-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2266 →59 ly apart
HR 2249 →63 ly apart
HD 47579 →87 ly apart
HR 2206 →99 ly apart
HR 2000 →100 ly apart
HR 2455 →100 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 5.9To 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.