B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2373

1,631 lybrightness mag 6.16B2III

Also catalogued as HD 46064 · HIP 31024

12,235 K

temperature

6.16

apparent magnitude

748× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,631 years

at light speed from Earth

2.12×

as hot as the Sun

748×

the Sun's light output

-2.33

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2373B-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

StarHR 2303180 ly

StarHR 2301200 ly

StarRed Rectangle220 ly

StarAdharastar

StarWezenstar

Nearest stars

HR 2303 →180 ly apart
HR 2301 →200 ly apart
Red Rectangle →220 ly apart
HR 2627 →250 ly apart
6 Mon →260 ly apart
HR 2508 →270 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 6.2To 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.