F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 2493

88.5 lybrightness mag 6.43F7V

Also catalogued as HD 48938 · HIP 32322 · Gliese Gl 243

6,170 K

temperature

6.43

apparent magnitude

1.72× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F7V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

89 years

at light speed from Earth

1.07×

as hot as the Sun

1.72×

the Sun's light output

4.26

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2493F-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2576 →5.3 ly apart
HR 2500 →11 ly apart
HR 2349 →11 ly apart
19Pi CMa →15 ly apart
Wazn →22 ly apart
HR 1980 →24 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 6.4To 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.