B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2598

HR 2598 is a blue-white star in the constellation Canis Major 962 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 12,589 K, about 2.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 217× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 962 years ago.

962 lybrightness mag 6.36B3V

Also catalogued as HD 51411 · HIP 33330

12,589 K
temperature
6.36
apparent magnitude
217× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B3V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
962 years
at light speed from Earth
2.18×
as hot as the Sun
217×
the Sun's light output
-0.99
absolute magnitude
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HR 2598B-type
Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
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.