B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2847

1,113 lybrightness mag 6.32B2/B3III

Also catalogued as HD 58766 · HIP 36045

13,033 K

temperature

6.32

apparent magnitude

301× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2/B3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,113 years

at light speed from Earth

2.26×

as hot as the Sun

301×

the Sun's light output

-1.35

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2847B-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2823 →13 ly apart
HR 2873 →46 ly apart
HR 2856 →93 ly apart
HD 59235 →100 ly apart
HR 2911 →120 ly apart
Nganurganity →130 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To 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.