B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2679

brightness mag 6.48B7Iab...

Also catalogued as HD 53975 · HIP 34297

11,993 K

temperature

6.48

apparent magnitude

22,284,351× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B7Iab...

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

2.08×

as hot as the Sun

22,284,351×

the Sun's light output

-13.52

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2679B-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2670 →9,900 ly apart
HR 2806 →29,000 ly apart
HR 2785 →43,000 ly apart
2 Pup →55,000 ly apart
HR 2839 →60,000 ly apart
HR 2595 →62,000 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 6.5To 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.