B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2244

408 lybrightness mag 5.00B9V

Also catalogued as HD 43445 · HIP 29735

11,216 K

temperature

5.00

apparent magnitude

136× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B9V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

408 years

at light speed from Earth

1.94×

as hot as the Sun

136×

the Sun's light output

-0.48

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2244B-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2136 →23 ly apart
HR 2392 →35 ly apart
HR 2270 →38 ly apart
HR 2379 →49 ly apart
8Nu 3CMa →52 ly apart
HR 2498 →56 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 5.0To 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.