B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2309

943 lybrightness mag 6.12B4V

Also catalogued as HD 44996 · HIP 30468

11,184 K

temperature

6.12

apparent magnitude

259× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B4V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

943 years

at light speed from Earth

1.94×

as hot as the Sun

259×

the Sun's light output

-1.19

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2309B-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2450 →79 ly apart
17 Lep →100 ly apart
7 Mon →110 ly apart
HR 2367 →110 ly apart
HD 45418 →140 ly apart
HR 2317 →150 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 6.1To 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.