G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

Wezen

1,607 lybrightness mag 1.83F8Ia

Also catalogued as 25Del CMa · HR 2693 · HD 54605 · HIP 34444

5,703 K

temperature

1.83

apparent magnitude

39,192× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F8Ia

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,607 years

at light speed from Earth

0.99×

as hot as the Sun

39,192×

the Sun's light output

-6.63

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

WezenG-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2544 →120 ly apart
27 CMa →130 ly apart
HR 2743 →170 ly apart
HR 2733 →210 ly apart
HR 2881 →210 ly apart
HR 2764 →210 ly apart

Bright stars in Canis Major

Adhara →mag 1.5
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
16Omi1CMa →mag 3.9

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 1.8To 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.