A-type star · white star

HR 2768

431 lybrightness mag 6.30A9II

Also catalogued as HD 56731 · HIP 35241

8,163 K

temperature

6.30

apparent magnitude

46.00× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A9II

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

431 years

at light speed from Earth

1.41×

as hot as the Sun

46.00×

the Sun's light output

0.69

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2768A-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2766 →34 ly apart
Adhara →42 ly apart
HR 2641 →55 ly apart
HD 63399 →64 ly apart
HR 2955 →71 ly apart
HR 2791 →72 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 6.3To 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.