A-type star · white star

HR 2893

HR 2893 is a white star in the constellation Canis Minor 442 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,859 K, about 1.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 49.20× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 442 years ago.

442 lybrightness mag 6.28A1V

Also catalogued as HD 60275 · HIP 36796

9,859 K
temperature
6.28
apparent magnitude
49.20× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A1V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
442 years
at light speed from Earth
1.71×
as hot as the Sun
49.20×
the Sun's light output
0.62
absolute magnitude
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HR 2893A-type
Sky regionCanis Minorthis direction
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Nearest stars
Bright stars in Canis Minor
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.