K-type star · orange

HR 2728

294 lybrightness mag 5.71G6III

Also catalogued as HD 55730 · HIP 35005

4,726 K

temperature

5.71

apparent magnitude

36.88× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G6III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

294 years

at light speed from Earth

0.82×

as hot as the Sun

36.88×

the Sun's light output

0.93

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2728K-type

Sky regionCanis Minorthis direction

Nearest stars

1 CMi →26 ly apart
HR 2584 →34 ly apart
4Gam CMi →34 ly apart
45 Gem →36 ly apart
HR 2836 →38 ly apart
30 Gem →39 ly apart

Bright stars in Canis Minor

Gomeisa →mag 2.9
4Gam CMi →mag 4.3
6 CMi →mag 4.5
2Eps CMi →mag 5.0
13Zet CMi →mag 5.1
5Eta CMi →mag 5.2
7Del1CMi →mag 5.2
11 CMi →mag 5.3

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Canis Minor

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.