B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2801

1,631 lybrightness mag 5.99B8III

Also catalogued as HD 57608 · HIP 35712

11,076 K

temperature

5.99

apparent magnitude

875× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B8III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,631 years

at light speed from Earth

1.92×

as hot as the Sun

875×

the Sun's light output

-2.50

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2801B-type

Sky regionCanis Minorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2627 →310 ly apart
HR 2876 →330 ly apart
HR 2859 →330 ly apart
HR 2409 →340 ly apart
HR 2599 →350 ly apart
HR 2731 →360 ly apart

Bright stars in Canis Minor

Gomeisa →mag 2.9
4Gam CMi →mag 4.3
6 CMi →mag 4.5
2Eps CMi →mag 5.0
13Zet CMi →mag 5.1
5Eta CMi →mag 5.2
7Del1CMi →mag 5.2
11 CMi →mag 5.3

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Canis Minor

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.