B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2812

481 lybrightness mag 4.94B5II/III

Also catalogued as HD 57821 · HIP 35727

10,639 K

temperature

4.94

apparent magnitude

200× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B5II/III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

481 years

at light speed from Earth

1.84×

as hot as the Sun

200×

the Sun's light output

-0.90

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2812B-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2716 →29 ly apart
Muliphein →59 ly apart
17 CMa →61 ly apart
HR 3060 →74 ly apart
HR 2495 →81 ly apart
HR 2566 →85 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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.9To 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.