B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2397

1,754 lybrightness mag 5.73B2V

Also catalogued as HD 46547 · HIP 31190

13,121 K

temperature

5.73

apparent magnitude

1,285× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,754 years

at light speed from Earth

2.27×

as hot as the Sun

1,285×

the Sun's light output

-2.92

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2397B-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2501 →170 ly apart
HR 2288 →220 ly apart
Sig Col →250 ly apart
HR 2743 →270 ly apart
HR 2544 →280 ly apart
Wezen →320 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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook 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.