- Stars with a name
- Wezen
Wezen
δ Canis Majoris
Wezen is a yellow-white supergiant, in the constellation Canis Major. The light you see from it tonight left it around 419.
Where to find it
Bright enough to see even from a city. Apparent magnitude 1.83.
What it’s like
It gives off 39,192 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface temperature is about 5,400 degrees Celsius.
It is 1,606.7 light years away: 15,200 trillion kilometres.