A-type star · white star

HR 2498

424 lybrightness mag 5.30A1IV/V

Also catalogued as HD 49048 · HIP 32411

9,277 K

temperature

5.30

apparent magnitude

112× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A1IV/V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

424 years

at light speed from Earth

1.61×

as hot as the Sun

112×

the Sun's light output

-0.27

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2498A-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

8Nu 3CMa →29 ly apart
HR 2566 →34 ly apart
Muliphein →37 ly apart
HR 2392 →41 ly apart
HR 2359 →50 ly apart
HR 2244 →56 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 5.3To 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.