A-type star · white star

HR 2678

3,048 lybrightness mag 5.41B0.5IV

Also catalogued as HD 53974 · HIP 34301

9,731 K

temperature

5.41

apparent magnitude

5,214× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B0.5IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

3,048 years

at light speed from Earth

1.69×

as hot as the Sun

5,214×

the Sun's light output

-4.44

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2678A-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2739 →240 ly apart
20Iot CMa →620 ly apart
24Omi2CMa →700 ly apart
HR 2874 →700 ly apart
30Tau CMa →740 ly apart
HR 2831 →830 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 5.4To 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.