K-type star · orange

HR 2311

1,013 lybrightness mag 5.61K5III

Also catalogued as HD 45018 · HIP 30436

3,704 K

temperature

5.61

apparent magnitude

479× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K5III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,013 years

at light speed from Earth

0.64×

as hot as the Sun

479×

the Sun's light output

-1.85

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2311K-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2433 →84 ly apart
HD 44225 →110 ly apart
HD 46037 →120 ly apart
HD 46347 →130 ly apart
HR 2611 →140 ly apart
HR 2149 →140 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 5.6To 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.