B-type star · blue-white star

10 CMa

brightness mag 5.23B2V

Also catalogued as HR 2492 · HD 48917 · HIP 32292

12,048 K

temperature

5.23

apparent magnitude

70,469,307× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

2.09×

as hot as the Sun

70,469,307×

the Sun's light output

-14.77

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

10 CMaB-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Star16Omi1CMa41,000 ly

Nearest stars

16Omi1CMa →41,000 ly apart
HR 2734 →42,000 ly apart
HR 2595 →48,000 ly apart
HR 2690 →50,000 ly apart
HR 2839 →73,000 ly apart
3 Pup →74,000 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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.2To 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.