K-type star · orange

HR 2303

1,463 lybrightness mag 6.27K2/K3III

Also catalogued as HD 44891 · HIP 30420

3,743 K

temperature

6.27

apparent magnitude

544× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2/K3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,463 years

at light speed from Earth

0.65×

as hot as the Sun

544×

the Sun's light output

-1.99

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2303K-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

StarRed Rectangle120 ly

Nearest stars

Red Rectangle →120 ly apart
HR 2301 →130 ly apart
6 Mon →140 ly apart
HR 2373 →180 ly apart
HR 2508 →220 ly apart
4Xi 1CMa →230 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.