supergiant · F8Ia
Wezen
Wezen is a yellow-white supergiant (spectral type F8Ia) about 1,600 light-years away. With an apparent magnitude of 1.83 it is a very bright, conspicuous star.
A supergiant in Canis Major. The Arabic name means "weight".
Its light output is roughly 38,100 times that of the Sun (a rough estimate in visible light, calculated from brightness and distance).
From Germany (52° N) it rises and sets; it is best seen in the evening in January.
Key facts
- Distance
- ≈ 1,600 light-years
- Spectral type
- F8Ia (supergiant)
- Colour
- Yellow-white
- Apparent magnitude
- 1.83 mag
- Luminosity
- ≈ 38,100 × Sun
- Position
- Right ascension 7h 8m, declination -26.4°
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Data: Hipparcos / HYG catalogue (CC BY-SA 4.0). Luminosity and visibility are calculated estimates.