K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 2460

239 lybrightness mag 5.70K1III

Also catalogued as HD 47946 · HIP 31870

4,442 K

temperature

5.70

apparent magnitude

24.62× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K1III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

239 years

at light speed from Earth

0.77×

as hot as the Sun

24.62×

the Sun's light output

1.37

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2460K-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

Del Col →20 ly apart
HR 2637 →25 ly apart
HR 2180 →45 ly apart
HR 2368 →46 ly apart
HR 2482 →47 ly apart
HR 2399 →47 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.