K-type star · orange

14The CMa

261 lybrightness mag 4.08K4III

Also catalogued as HR 2574 · HD 50778 · HIP 33160

3,921 K

temperature

4.08

apparent magnitude

130× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K4III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

261 years

at light speed from Earth

0.68×

as hot as the Sun

130×

the Sun's light output

-0.43

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

14The CMaK-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2758 →31 ly apart
HR 2328 →39 ly apart
HR 2899 →57 ly apart
2 Pup →58 ly apart
HR 2324 →59 ly apart
4 Pup →61 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.