B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2611

1,019 lybrightness mag 6.22B2/B3V

Also catalogued as HD 51823 · HIP 33492

12,429 K

temperature

6.22

apparent magnitude

276× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2/B3V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,019 years

at light speed from Earth

2.15×

as hot as the Sun

276×

the Sun's light output

-1.25

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2611B-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2640 →43 ly apart
HR 2598 →93 ly apart
HR 2774 →94 ly apart
Nganurganity →100 ly apart
HR 2567 →110 ly apart
HR 2686 →120 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To 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.