B-type star · blue-white star

Lam CMa

424 lybrightness mag 4.47B4V

Also catalogued as HR 2361 · HD 45813 · HIP 30788

12,881 K

temperature

4.47

apparent magnitude

239× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B4V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

424 years

at light speed from Earth

2.23×

as hot as the Sun

239×

the Sun's light output

-1.10

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Lam CMaB-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2279 →24 ly apart
HR 2411 →42 ly apart
HR 2262 →55 ly apart
Adhara →57 ly apart
HR 2488 →58 ly apart
HR 2641 →62 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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.5To see it no equipment neededLook 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.