B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2598

962 lybrightness mag 6.36B3V

Also catalogued as HD 51411 · HIP 33330

12,589 K

temperature

6.36

apparent magnitude

217× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B3V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

962 years

at light speed from Earth

2.18×

as hot as the Sun

217×

the Sun's light output

-0.99

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2598B-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2611 →93 ly apart
HR 2567 →95 ly apart
HR 2726 →110 ly apart
HD 46347 →110 ly apart
HR 2774 →120 ly apart
28Ome CMa →120 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.