B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2284

1,102 lybrightness mag 5.48B1Vpe SB

Also catalogued as HD 44458 · HIP 30214

10,100 K

temperature

5.48

apparent magnitude

639× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B1Vpe SB

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,102 years

at light speed from Earth

1.75×

as hot as the Sun

639×

the Sun's light output

-2.16

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2284B-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2367 →79 ly apart
10 Mon →140 ly apart
HR 2450 →150 ly apart
HR 2205 →150 ly apart
HD 46037 →150 ly apart
HR 2309 →160 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 5.5To 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.