M-type star · red

HR 2766

405 lybrightness mag 4.66M2III

Also catalogued as HD 56618 · HIP 35205

3,664 K

temperature

4.66

apparent magnitude

184× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

M2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

405 years

at light speed from Earth

0.63×

as hot as the Sun

184×

the Sun's light output

-0.81

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2766M-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

Adhara →29 ly apart
HR 2768 →34 ly apart
HR 2641 →49 ly apart
HR 2948 →67 ly apart
HR 2937 →71 ly apart
HR 2664 →73 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 4.7To 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.