K-type star · orange

HR 2260

619 lybrightness mag 5.15K1III

Also catalogued as HD 43827 · HIP 29895

4,134 K

temperature

5.15

apparent magnitude

273× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K1III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

619 years

at light speed from Earth

0.72×

as hot as the Sun

273×

the Sun's light output

-1.24

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2260K-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2268 →51 ly apart
HD 45420 →72 ly apart
HR 2065 →95 ly apart
HR 2428 →96 ly apart
HD 44379 →100 ly apart
HR 2321 →110 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 5.2To 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.