B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2704

1,843 lybrightness mag 5.69B2V

Also catalogued as HD 54912 · HIP 34579

12,650 K

temperature

5.69

apparent magnitude

1,472× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,843 years

at light speed from Earth

2.19×

as hot as the Sun

1,472×

the Sun's light output

-3.07

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2704B-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

29 CMa →95 ly apart
27 CMa →120 ly apart
HR 2743 →200 ly apart
Aludra →230 ly apart
Wezen →240 ly apart
HR 2501 →260 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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.7To 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.