A-type star · white star

HR 2831

2,330 lybrightness mag 6.24A2Ib/II

Also catalogued as HD 58439 · HIP 35975

7,520 K

temperature

6.24

apparent magnitude

1,418× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A2Ib/II

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

2,330 years

at light speed from Earth

1.30×

as hot as the Sun

1,418×

the Sun's light output

-3.03

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2831A-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2699 →210 ly apart
HR 2933 →310 ly apart
20Iot CMa →350 ly apart
HR 2897 →370 ly apart
HR 2800 →370 ly apart
HR 3004 →410 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.