K-type star · orange

HR 2796

603 lybrightness mag 5.59G8/K0III

Also catalogued as HD 57478 · HIP 35615

4,813 K

temperature

5.59

apparent magnitude

173× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8/K0III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

603 years

at light speed from Earth

0.83×

as hot as the Sun

173×

the Sun's light output

-0.74

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2796K-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HD 61750 →62 ly apart
HR 2723 →70 ly apart
HR 2960 →78 ly apart
HR 2923 →91 ly apart
HR 2826 →92 ly apart
HR 2639 →110 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 5.6To 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.