B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2756

628 lybrightness mag 5.36B2V

Also catalogued as HD 56342 · HIP 35083

12,589 K

temperature

5.36

apparent magnitude

232× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

628 years

at light speed from Earth

2.18×

as hot as the Sun

232×

the Sun's light output

-1.06

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2756B-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2822 →38 ly apart
HR 2834 →41 ly apart
HR 2802 →56 ly apart
HR 2829 →64 ly apart
HR 2545 →64 ly apart
HR 2619 →65 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 5.4To 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.