M-type star · red

HR 2268

571 lybrightness mag 6.04M1III:

Also catalogued as HD 44021 · HIP 29993

3,564 K

temperature

6.04

apparent magnitude

103× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

M1III:

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

571 years

at light speed from Earth

0.62×

as hot as the Sun

103×

the Sun's light output

-0.18

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2268M-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HD 45420 →26 ly apart
HR 2260 →51 ly apart
HR 2321 →73 ly apart
HR 2182 →82 ly apart
HR 2522 →82 ly apart
Mirzam →84 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.