F-type star · yellow-white star

HD 56578

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

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HD 56578F-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2853 →32 ly apart
HR 2900 →34 ly apart
HR 2916 →36 ly apart
HR 2750 →37 ly apart
HR 2565 →38 ly apart
HR 2988 →38 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 6.0To 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.