B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2611

HR 2611 is a blue-white star in the constellation Canis Major 1,019 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 12,429 K, about 2.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 276× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,019 years ago.

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

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HR 2611B-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

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Bright stars in Canis Major

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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.