B-type star · blue-white star

30Tau CMa

2,992 lybrightness mag 4.37O9Ib

Also catalogued as HR 2782 · HD 57061 · HIP 35415

12,141 K

temperature

4.37

apparent magnitude

13,098× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

O9Ib

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

2,992 years

at light speed from Earth

2.10×

as hot as the Sun

13,098×

the Sun's light output

-5.44

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

30Tau CMaB-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2874 →200 ly apart
24Omi2CMa →300 ly apart
HR 2614 →330 ly apart
HR 3004 →490 ly apart
HR 2933 →510 ly apart
HR 2800 →510 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 4.4To 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.