A-type star · white star

HR 2699

HR 2699 is a white star in the constellation Canis Major 2,234 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,652 K, about 1.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,626× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 2,234 years ago.

2,234 lybrightness mag 6.00B1Ib/II

Also catalogued as HD 54764 · HIP 34561

9,652 K

temperature

6.00

apparent magnitude

1,626× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B1Ib/II

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

2,234 years

at light speed from Earth

1.67×

as hot as the Sun

1,626×

the Sun's light output

-3.18

absolute magnitude

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HR 2699A-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

Bright stars in Canis Major

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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook 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.