A-type star · white star

HR 2839

brightness mag 6.04A6II

Also catalogued as HD 58585 · HIP 36017

7,960 K

temperature

6.04

apparent magnitude

33,419,504× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A6II

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

1.38×

as hot as the Sun

33,419,504×

the Sun's light output

-13.96

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2839A-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2785 →18,000 ly apart
HR 2690 →26,000 ly apart
HR 2734 →34,000 ly apart
HR 2595 →39,000 ly apart
16Omi1CMa →43,000 ly apart
3 Pup →46,000 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 6.0To 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.