B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2800

2,490 lybrightness mag 6.00B3V

Also catalogued as HD 57593 · HIP 35611

12,945 K

temperature

6.00

apparent magnitude

2,021× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B3V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

2,490 years

at light speed from Earth

2.24×

as hot as the Sun

2,021×

the Sun's light output

-3.41

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2800B-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2933 →220 ly apart
HR 3004 →270 ly apart
24Omi2CMa →360 ly apart
HR 2831 →370 ly apart
HR 2614 →380 ly apart
20Iot CMa →500 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 6.0To 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.