B-type star · blue-white star

26 CMa

838 lybrightness mag 5.91B2IV/V

Also catalogued as HR 2718 · HD 55522 · HIP 34798

12,902 K

temperature

5.91

apparent magnitude

249× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2IV/V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

838 years

at light speed from Earth

2.24×

as hot as the Sun

249×

the Sun's light output

-1.14

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

26 CMaB-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2755 →36 ly apart
HR 2616 →52 ly apart
HR 2730 →61 ly apart
HR 2680 →72 ly apart
28Ome CMa →74 ly apart
HR 2686 →81 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 5.9To 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.