A-type star · white star

HR 2578

532 lybrightness mag 6.23A0V

Also catalogued as HD 50853 · HIP 33126

9,930 K

temperature

6.23

apparent magnitude

74.68× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A0V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

532 years

at light speed from Earth

1.72×

as hot as the Sun

74.68×

the Sun's light output

0.17

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2578A-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

17 CMa →47 ly apart
HR 2495 →59 ly apart
HD 44379 →73 ly apart
HR 2716 →80 ly apart
HR 2826 →82 ly apart
HR 2415 →85 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 6.2To 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.