B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2621

759 lybrightness mag 6.41B3V

Also catalogued as HD 52140 · HIP 33591

12,235 K

temperature

6.41

apparent magnitude

129× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B3V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

758 years

at light speed from Earth

2.12×

as hot as the Sun

129×

the Sun's light output

-0.42

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2621B-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2794 →71 ly apart
HR 2708 →76 ly apart
HR 2549 →77 ly apart
HR 2680 →85 ly apart
HR 2870 →86 ly apart
HR 2770 →89 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 6.4To 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.