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HR 2950

HR 2950 is a star in the constellation Canis Minor 233 ly from Earth. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 233 years ago.

233 lybrightness mag 6.02A0III

Also catalogued as HD 61563

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temperature

6.02

apparent magnitude

17.37× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A0III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

233 years

at light speed from Earth

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as hot as the Sun

17.37×

the Sun's light output

1.75

absolute magnitude

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HR 2950star

Sky regionCanis Minorthis direction

Nearest stars

8 Cnc →33 ly apart
HR 2836 →41 ly apart
Phi Gem →42 ly apart
12 Cnc →43 ly apart
HR 3144 →45 ly apart
HD 56176 →51 ly apart

Bright stars in Canis Minor

Gomeisa →mag 2.9
Gamma CMi →mag 4.3
6 CMi →mag 4.5
Epsilon CMi →mag 5.0
Zeta CMi →mag 5.1
Eta CMi →mag 5.2
Delta¹ CMi →mag 5.2
11 CMi →mag 5.3

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.0To 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.