K-type star · orange

HR 2495

476 lybrightness mag 6.04K2III

Also catalogued as HD 49001 · HIP 32368

4,299 K

temperature

6.04

apparent magnitude

71.25× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

476 years

at light speed from Earth

0.74×

as hot as the Sun

71.25×

the Sun's light output

0.22

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2495K-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

5Xi 2CMa →40 ly apart
17 CMa →43 ly apart
HD 47012 →43 ly apart
HR 2716 →55 ly apart
HR 2448 →58 ly apart
HR 2578 →59 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 6.0To 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.