K-type star · orange

HR 2307

344 lybrightness mag 6.31G8III

Also catalogued as HD 44956 · HIP 30376

5,015 K

temperature

6.31

apparent magnitude

28.95× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

344 years

at light speed from Earth

0.87×

as hot as the Sun

28.95×

the Sun's light output

1.20

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2307K-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

Furud →22 ly apart
HR 2316 →32 ly apart
HR 2200 →35 ly apart
Lam Col →40 ly apart
HR 2444 →46 ly apart
Xi Col →47 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 6.3To 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.