K-type star · orange

HR 2379

366 lybrightness mag 5.16K1III

Also catalogued as HD 46184 · HIP 31084

4,191 K

temperature

5.16

apparent magnitude

94.89× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K1III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

366 years

at light speed from Earth

0.73×

as hot as the Sun

94.89×

the Sun's light output

-0.09

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2379K-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2305 →22 ly apart
HR 2469 →34 ly apart
HR 2392 →37 ly apart
6Nu 1CMa →43 ly apart
HR 2244 →49 ly apart
HD 42132 →55 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.