F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 2493

HR 2493 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Canis Major 88.5 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,170 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1.72× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 89 years ago.

88.5 lybrightness mag 6.43F7V

Also catalogued as HD 48938 · HIP 32322 · Gliese Gl 243

6,170 K

temperature

6.43

apparent magnitude

1.72× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F7V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

89 years

at light speed from Earth

1.07×

as hot as the Sun

1.72×

the Sun's light output

4.26

absolute magnitude

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HR 2493F-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

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Bright stars in Canis Major

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Brightness mag 6.4To 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.