B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2625

HR 2625 is a blue-white star in the constellation Canis Major 1,424 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 12,178 K, about 2.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 492× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,424 years ago.

1,424 lybrightness mag 6.32B3V

Also catalogued as HD 52348 · HIP 33703

12,178 K
temperature
6.32
apparent magnitude
492× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B3V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,424 years
at light speed from Earth
2.11×
as hot as the Sun
492×
the Sun's light output
-1.88
absolute magnitude
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HR 2625B-type
Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction
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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.