M-type star · red

HD 46347

1,026 lybrightness mag 6.31M4III

Also catalogued as HIP 31086

3,561 K

temperature

6.31

apparent magnitude

258× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

M4III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,026 years

at light speed from Earth

0.62×

as hot as the Sun

258×

the Sun's light output

-1.18

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HD 46347M-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2170 →94 ly apart
HR 2149 →100 ly apart
HR 2598 →110 ly apart
HR 2311 →130 ly apart
HR 2611 →140 ly apart
HR 2446 →140 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.