- Stars with a name
- Furud
Furud
ζ Canis Majoris
Furud is a very hot blue star, in the constellation Canis Major. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1664.
Where to find it
Visible to the naked eye away from the brightest lights. Apparent magnitude 3.02.
What it’s like
It gives off 666 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface temperature is about 12,400 degrees Celsius.
It is 362.4 light years away: 3429 trillion kilometres.