μ-CMa (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , μ-CMa is visible between 19:01 and 01:11. It will become accessible at around 19:01, when it rises to an altitude of 20° above your south-eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 22:06, 34° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 01:11 when it sinks below 20° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
μ-CMa
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 06h56m06s [4] |
| Declination: | −14°02'36" [4] |
| Constellation: | Canis Major |
| Magnitude: | 5.11 (V) [2] 7.05 (BT) [2] 5.27 (VT) [2] 4.59 (G) [4] 5.37 (BP) [4] 3.74 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 292.2 parsec 952.7 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.51 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 6.5 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 350.2° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -2.22 |
Sources