M-type star · red

Nganurganity

Nganurganity is a red in the constellation Canis Major 1,121 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,479 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 4,134× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 3.5 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,121 years ago.

1,121 lybrightness mag 3.49K4III

Also catalogued as Sigma CMa · HR 2646 · HD 52877 · HIP 33856

3,479 K
temperature
3.49
apparent magnitude
4,134× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,121 years
at light speed from Earth
0.60×
as hot as the Sun
4,134×
the Sun's light output
-4.19
absolute magnitude
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NganurganityM-type
Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction
StarHR 2611100 ly
StarHR 2640110 ly
StarHD 59235120 ly
StarAdharastar
StarWezenstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Canis Major
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 3.5To 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.