A-type star · white star

HR 2836

260 lybrightness mag 6.38A2IV

Also catalogued as HD 58552 · HIP 36123

9,246 K

temperature

6.38

apparent magnitude

15.52× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A2IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

260 years

at light speed from Earth

1.60×

as hot as the Sun

15.52×

the Sun's light output

1.87

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2836A-type

Sky regionCanis Minorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2728 →38 ly apart
HR 2950 →41 ly apart
HR 2584 →42 ly apart
11 CMi →48 ly apart
HR 2606 →49 ly apart
12 Cnc →49 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.