M-type star · red

HR 2766

HR 2766 is a red in the constellation Canis Major 405 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,664 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 184× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 4.7 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 405 years ago.

405 lybrightness mag 4.66M2III

Also catalogued as HD 56618 · HIP 35205

3,664 K
temperature
4.66
apparent magnitude
184× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
405 years
at light speed from Earth
0.63×
as hot as the Sun
184×
the Sun's light output
-0.81
absolute magnitude
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HR 2766M-type
Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction
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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 4.7To 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.