B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2690

brightness mag 5.75B2V:nn

Also catalogued as HD 54309 · HIP 34360

11,867 K

temperature

5.75

apparent magnitude

43,651,583× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2V:nn

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

2.06×

as hot as the Sun

43,651,583×

the Sun's light output

-14.25

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2690B-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

StarHR 259516,000 ly

Star16Omi1CMa17,000 ly

StarHR 273422,000 ly

StarAdharastar

StarWezenstar

Nearest stars

HR 2595 →16,000 ly apart
16Omi1CMa →17,000 ly apart
HR 2734 →22,000 ly apart
HR 2839 →26,000 ly apart
HR 2785 →30,000 ly apart
10 CMa →50,000 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 5.8To 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.