- 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 is at about 5,700 degrees.
It is 1,606.7 light years away: 15,200 trillion kilometres.