B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2774

968 lybrightness mag 6.45B5Vn

Also catalogued as HD 56876 · HIP 35326

12,549 K

temperature

6.45

apparent magnitude

202× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B5Vn

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

968 years

at light speed from Earth

2.17×

as hot as the Sun

202×

the Sun's light output

-0.91

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2774B-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

28Ome CMa →58 ly apart
HR 2863 →71 ly apart
HR 2686 →72 ly apart
HR 2860 →77 ly apart
HR 2640 →87 ly apart
HR 2611 →94 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 6.5To 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.