K-type star · orange

HR 2305

348 lybrightness mag 5.21K3III

Also catalogued as HD 44951 · HIP 30457

4,251 K

temperature

5.21

apparent magnitude

81.96× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

348 years

at light speed from Earth

0.74×

as hot as the Sun

81.96×

the Sun's light output

0.07

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2305K-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2379 →22 ly apart
HR 2469 →30 ly apart
HD 42132 →37 ly apart
6Nu 1CMa →47 ly apart
HR 2534 →49 ly apart
HR 2039 →55 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 5.2To 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.