B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2595

brightness mag 5.29B2/B3III

Also catalogued as HD 51283 · HIP 33316

12,754 K

temperature

5.29

apparent magnitude

66,680,677× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2/B3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

2.21×

as hot as the Sun

66,680,677×

the Sun's light output

-14.71

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2595B-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Star16Omi1CMa7,400 ly

Nearest stars

16Omi1CMa →7,400 ly apart
HR 2690 →16,000 ly apart
HR 2734 →34,000 ly apart
HR 2785 →37,000 ly apart
HR 2839 →39,000 ly apart
10 CMa →48,000 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.