B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2840

1,337 lybrightness mag 6.39B7II-III

Also catalogued as HD 58599 · HIP 36141

12,029 K

temperature

6.39

apparent magnitude

407× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B7II-III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,337 years

at light speed from Earth

2.08×

as hot as the Sun

407×

the Sun's light output

-1.67

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2840B-type

Sky regionCanis Minorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2967 →120 ly apart
HD 54986 →220 ly apart
HR 3104 →250 ly apart
HR 2953 →250 ly apart
Mekbuda →260 ly apart
HR 3093 →270 ly apart

Bright stars in Canis Minor

Gomeisa →mag 2.9
4Gam CMi →mag 4.3
6 CMi →mag 4.5
2Eps CMi →mag 5.0
13Zet CMi →mag 5.1
5Eta CMi →mag 5.2
7Del1CMi →mag 5.2
11 CMi →mag 5.3

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Canis Minor

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.