B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2733

1,424 lybrightness mag 6.34B2IV

Also catalogued as HD 55856 · HIP 34940

13,211 K

temperature

6.34

apparent magnitude

484× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,424 years

at light speed from Earth

2.29×

as hot as the Sun

484×

the Sun's light output

-1.86

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2733B-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2764 →20 ly apart
HR 2841 →88 ly apart
HR 2625 →100 ly apart
HR 2623 →160 ly apart
HR 2855 →190 ly apart
HR 2786 →190 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 6.3To 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.