B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2801

HR 2801 is a blue-white star in the constellation Canis Minor 1,631 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 11,076 K, about 1.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 875× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,631 years ago.

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
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HR 2801B-type
Sky regionCanis Minorthis direction
StarHR 2627310 ly
StarHR 2876330 ly
StarHR 2859330 ly
StarGomeisastar
StarGamma CMistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Canis Minor
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.