B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2819

1,326 lybrightness mag 5.40B3V

Also catalogued as HD 58155 · HIP 35795

12,712 K

temperature

5.40

apparent magnitude

995× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B3V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,326 years

at light speed from Earth

2.20×

as hot as the Sun

995×

the Sun's light output

-2.65

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2819B-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2786 →140 ly apart
HR 2968 →170 ly apart
HR 2911 →180 ly apart
HR 2841 →180 ly apart
HR 2881 →180 ly apart
HR 3113 →200 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.