B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2826

HR 2826 is a blue-white star in the constellation Canis Major 576 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 11,375 K, about 2.0 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 90.03× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 576 years ago.

576 lybrightness mag 6.20B8/B9V

Also catalogued as HD 58346 · HIP 35920

11,375 K

temperature

6.20

apparent magnitude

90.03× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B8/B9V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

576 years

at light speed from Earth

1.97×

as hot as the Sun

90.03×

the Sun's light output

-0.04

absolute magnitude

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HR 2826B-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

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Bright stars in Canis Major

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Brightness mag 6.2To 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.