B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2616

863 lybrightness mag 5.59B2V

Also catalogued as HD 52018 · HIP 33575

12,733 K

temperature

5.59

apparent magnitude

354× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

863 years

at light speed from Earth

2.21×

as hot as the Sun

354×

the Sun's light output

-1.52

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2616B-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

26 CMa →52 ly apart
HR 2567 →57 ly apart
HR 2686 →61 ly apart
HR 2528 →71 ly apart
HR 2755 →72 ly apart
28Ome CMa →77 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 5.6To 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.