B-type star · blue-white star

Muliphein

442 lybrightness mag 4.11B8II

Also catalogued as 23Gam CMa · HR 2657 · HD 53244 · HIP 34045

11,779 K

temperature

4.11

apparent magnitude

363× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B8II

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

442 years

at light speed from Earth

2.04×

as hot as the Sun

363×

the Sun's light output

-1.55

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

MulipheinB-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2498 →37 ly apart
HR 2566 →41 ly apart
HR 2716 →51 ly apart
8Nu 3CMa →55 ly apart
HR 2812 →59 ly apart
HR 2752 →63 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 4.1To 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.