B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2249

778 lybrightness mag 5.97B2/B3V

Also catalogued as HD 43544 · HIP 29771

12,838 K

temperature

5.97

apparent magnitude

203× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2/B3V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

778 years

at light speed from Earth

2.22×

as hot as the Sun

203×

the Sun's light output

-0.92

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2249B-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2266 →50 ly apart
HR 2242 →63 ly apart
HD 44394 →69 ly apart
19 Lep →75 ly apart
3 Mon →95 ly apart
HR 2000 →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 6.0To 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.