B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2855

1,250 lybrightness mag 5.65B1II

Also catalogued as HD 58978 · HIP 36168

12,178 K

temperature

5.65

apparent magnitude

703× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B1II

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,250 years

at light speed from Earth

2.11×

as hot as the Sun

703×

the Sun's light output

-2.27

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2855B-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2786 →87 ly apart
Azmidi →130 ly apart
HD 59235 →130 ly apart
HR 2623 →150 ly apart
HR 2841 →170 ly apart
HR 2764 →180 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 5.7To 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.