G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

Wezen

Wezen is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Canis Major 1,607 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,703 K, and it shines at 39,192× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 1.8 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,607 years ago.

1,607 lybrightness mag 1.83F8Ia

Also catalogued as Delta 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
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WezenG-type
Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction
StarHR 2544120 ly
Star27 CMa130 ly
StarHR 2743170 ly
StarAdharastar
StarMirzamstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Canis Major
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.