Adhara

Second-brightest star in Canis Major after Sirius. The hot binary sits farther along the dog's body and is easy in binoculars. Look for it while tracing Canis Major on a dark night.

Wikipedia

Gaia has no usable parallax for this star (common for bright multiples). Distance uses the Hipparcos parallax instead.

ID
HIP 33579
Distance
124.22 pc · 405.2 ly
Parallax
8.05 mas (Hipparcos)
Magnitude (G)
1.42
Color (BP-RP)
-
Radius
unknown
RA · Dec
104.66° · -28.97°