A-type star · white star

HR 2528

HR 2528 is a white star in the constellation Canis Major 801 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,498 K, about 1.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 157× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 801 years ago.

801 lybrightness mag 6.31A0/A1V

Also catalogued as HD 49891 · HIP 32744

9,498 K
temperature
6.31
apparent magnitude
157× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A0/A1V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
801 years
at light speed from Earth
1.65×
as hot as the Sun
157×
the Sun's light output
-0.64
absolute magnitude
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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.