F-type star · yellow-white star

HD 56578

HD 56578 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Canis Major 303 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,356 K, about 1.3 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 29.40× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 303 years ago.

303 lybrightness mag 6.02A5m...

Also catalogued as HIP 35213

7,356 K
temperature
6.02
apparent magnitude
29.40× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A5m...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
303 years
at light speed from Earth
1.27×
as hot as the Sun
29.40×
the Sun's light output
1.18
absolute magnitude
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HD 56578F-type
Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction
StarHR 285332 ly
StarHR 290034 ly
StarHR 291636 ly
StarAdharastar
StarWezenstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Canis Major
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To 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.