A-type star · white star

HR 2448

HR 2448 is a white star in the constellation Canis Major 488 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,630 K, about 1.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 76.77× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 488 years ago.

488 lybrightness mag 6.01A0IV

Also catalogued as HD 47561 · HIP 31758

9,630 K

temperature

6.01

apparent magnitude

76.77× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A0IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

488 years

at light speed from Earth

1.67×

as hot as the Sun

76.77×

the Sun's light output

0.14

absolute magnitude

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HR 2448A-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.