- Stars with a name
- Adhara
Adhara
ε Canis Majoris
Adhara is a very hot blue giant, in the constellation Canis Major. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1621.
Where to find it
Bright enough to see even from a city. Apparent magnitude 1.50.
What it’s like
It gives off 3,376 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface temperature is about 13,600 degrees Celsius.
It is 405.2 light years away: 3833 trillion kilometres.