B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2734

brightness mag 6.12B2II

Also catalogued as HD 55857 · HIP 34924

14,464 K

temperature

6.12

apparent magnitude

31,045,596× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2II

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

2.51×

as hot as the Sun

31,045,596×

the Sun's light output

-13.88

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2734B-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

StarHR 269022,000 ly

Star16Omi1CMa31,000 ly

StarHR 259534,000 ly

StarAdharastar

StarWezenstar

Nearest stars

HR 2690 →22,000 ly apart
16Omi1CMa →31,000 ly apart
HR 2595 →34,000 ly apart
HR 2839 →34,000 ly apart
3 Pup →39,000 ly apart
10 CMa →42,000 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 6.1To 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.