F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 2859

1,583 lybrightness mag 5.79B8Vv comp VB

Also catalogued as HD 59067 · HIP 36251

6,035 K

temperature

5.79

apparent magnitude

992× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B8Vv comp VB

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,583 years

at light speed from Earth

1.05×

as hot as the Sun

992×

the Sun's light output

-2.64

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2859F-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2902 →100 ly apart
HR 2627 →200 ly apart
HR 3027 →240 ly apart
HR 2928 →260 ly apart
HR 2599 →270 ly apart
HR 2656 →280 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 5.8To 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.