F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 2705

HR 2705 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Canis Major 137 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,781 K, about 1.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 4.97× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 137 years ago.

137 lybrightness mag 6.23F3V

Also catalogued as HD 54958 · HIP 34617

6,781 K

temperature

6.23

apparent magnitude

4.97× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F3V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

137 years

at light speed from Earth

1.17×

as hot as the Sun

4.97×

the Sun's light output

3.11

absolute magnitude

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HR 2705F-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

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Bright stars in Canis Major

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Brightness mag 6.2To 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.