F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 2349

HR 2349 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Canis Major 97.4 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,192 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 2.95× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 97 years ago.

97.4 lybrightness mag 6.05F8/G0V

Also catalogued as HD 45588 · HIP 30711 · Gliese GJ 9212A

6,192 K

temperature

6.05

apparent magnitude

2.95× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F8/G0V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

97 years

at light speed from Earth

1.07×

as hot as the Sun

2.95×

the Sun's light output

3.67

absolute magnitude

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HR 2349F-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

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Bright stars in Canis Major

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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.