- 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 is at about 13,900 degrees.
It is 405.2 light years away: 3833 trillion kilometres.