A-type star · white star

HR 2720

155 lybrightness mag 6.10A8III/IV

Also catalogued as HD 55568 · HIP 34782

7,638 K

temperature

6.10

apparent magnitude

7.15× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A8III/IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

155 years

at light speed from Earth

1.32×

as hot as the Sun

7.15×

the Sun's light output

2.71

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2720A-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2612 →20 ly apart
HR 2677 →23 ly apart
HR 3007 →26 ly apart
HR 2558 →32 ly apart
HR 2353 →34 ly apart
HR 2431 →34 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 6.1To 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.