A-type star · white star

HR 2699

2,234 lybrightness mag 6.00B1Ib/II

Also catalogued as HD 54764 · HIP 34561

9,652 K

temperature

6.00

apparent magnitude

1,626× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B1Ib/II

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

2,234 years

at light speed from Earth

1.67×

as hot as the Sun

1,626×

the Sun's light output

-3.18

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2699A-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2831 →210 ly apart
HR 2694 →280 ly apart
20Iot CMa →310 ly apart
HR 2897 →310 ly apart
HR 2732 →430 ly apart
29 CMa →450 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 6.0To 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.