F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 2637

HR 2637 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Canis Major 224 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,630 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 12.64× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 224 years ago.

224 lybrightness mag 6.28F3/F5V

Also catalogued as HD 52619 · HIP 33760

6,630 K

temperature

6.28

apparent magnitude

12.64× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F3/F5V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

224 years

at light speed from Earth

1.15×

as hot as the Sun

12.64×

the Sun's light output

2.10

absolute magnitude

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HR 2637F-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

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Bright stars in Canis Major

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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.