M-type star · red

HD 46037

1,052 lybrightness mag 6.44M0/M1III

Also catalogued as HIP 30988

3,538 K

temperature

6.44

apparent magnitude

241× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

M0/M1III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,052 years

at light speed from Earth

0.61×

as hot as the Sun

241×

the Sun's light output

-1.10

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HD 46037M-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2433 →68 ly apart
HR 2450 →120 ly apart
HR 2311 →120 ly apart
HD 44225 →150 ly apart
HR 2284 →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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To 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.